Does "all wheel" alignment include "front end" alignment?

External Since: Jun 10, 2008 Posts: 4

A local dealership is offering "all wheel alignment" for $68. Does this
include what is more traditionally called "front end alignment" and
often costs similar amount? Thanks.

External Since: Aug 23, 2005 Posts: 8

On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:28:30 -0500, AlexZ <alexz.DeleteThis@no.spam> wrote:

>A local dealership is offering "all wheel alignment" for $68. Does this
>include what is more traditionally called "front end alignment" and
>often costs similar amount? Thanks.

In addition to Front wheel alignment , All wheel alignment includes
alignment of the rear wheels also. hence the name all wheel
alignment. Depending on the type of equipment used to align the
vehicle sensors are place on all four wheels. The "Rack" that the
vehicle is aligned on has Turn plates in the front and Slip plates in
the rear. The turn plates in the front allow the turning of the wheels
during the alignment process to take readings in the full left and
right steering positions. The rear slip plates allow the rear wheels
to settle in their normal position so proper readings can take place.
Two wheel alignment only aligns the front wheels to an imaginary line
parallel to the body of the vehicle and not to the rear wheels. If the
rear wheels are off slightly the vehicle will not track properly as it
drives down the road. |-- |
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All wheel alignment corrects that by aligning the front wheels and
the rear wheels together.

Fred