Ok, I've got to ask - why the aversion to a computer aided alignment? The computer doesn't insist on anything other than the numbers the tech punches in. I bring my alfas to a shop near by, I tell them what numbers to use, and it comes out perfect..
As for tire balancing, there is another shop nearby that has a machine that can detect the balance of the tire and wheel individually, then have the tech rotate the tire on the wheel. The result is optimal balance with minimal added weights. I know of a shop with an on the hub balancer, but nothing comes close to the more modern machine. The above is what I'd be looking for. bs Sent from my iPad On Jan 22, 2011, at 1:31 PM, AlfaCyberSite <[email protected]> wrote: > The tire/balancing/alignment shop I (long ago) had tires balanced on the car is no longer in business. The tires were first balanced on the machine, installed, and as I recall the fellow (always the same one) attached the 'unit' to the center hub - keeping in mind there once was a time when most all cars had hubcaps and when removed one had access to the hub. The fellow would stare at the machine, but always put his left hand on the fender. It took me awhile to figure out that his hand was the final decision maker. > > The alignment is also very important to me in that I need a shop which does not use computer balancing - meaning I don't necessarily want what the computer insists on. Also, the fellow doing the balancing needs to have an educated seat for when he takes the car out for a run. Good ones will often come back and make final adjustments, based on that seat. > > So what I'm really looking for is a shop who has a fellow with an educated hand, and another with an educated bottom - and both will take the time to do the job right. > > Biba > Irwindale, CA USA > -- > to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi > or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
