Alignment Issue

[prybar]

Hello all,

This is my first post! I bought my 1999 limited "The Jaw Girl" (fatlip bumper, and the word JAW in the government-given licence plate) in April of last year.
It was in fantastic shape, owned by an old lady who took great care of it - Chevron gas always, pristine interior, and a record of every piece of maintenance ever performed on it - including wiper blades, which she took to the dealer to change.
When I first got the truck, I put new shocks in, water pump, timing belt, LCAs, new tires, and some other things that were about due for a change. That summer, I went on a roadtrip up to Canada from California and received some pretty good wear on the outsides of my front two tires(excessive toe). I knew I should have gotten an alignment when I updated the parts up front, but didn't, and now my laziness got its revenge.
I got an alignment at a reputable frame & alignment shop that only works on Toyotas. They gave me the spec sheet and everything looked great so I went on my way without too much inspection to my wheels. 2 days later, I could clearly see that there's too much toe in my ride, so I took it back and they touched it up free of charge and gave me another spec printout.

So my very long-winded question is this: what would cause this amount of toe in just 3 days?

After leaving the shop for the 2nd time, I began monitoring my front wheels very closely and have been suspicious of something at play up there. I have finally decided to get another alignment, but first wanted to check with all you to see if there are things I should check or possibly replace before I re-align.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can share any insight on this!

 

[plcfcng]

There should have been a pre inspection for loose/worn parts before the alignment was done. If the caster and camber have no change and Toe changes then the area you look at is the Tie rod ends. The outers if warn are are easy to see the inners are more difficult. You can lift each front tire while leaving the other tire on the ground grab the tire at 3 and 9 o clock push on one side pull on the other in both directions if you should not feel any movment.

If you feel movement then the worn part needs to be replaced what you replace on one side you replace on the other and realigned. Toe angles can cause tire wearing but only seen over time. Tires that are not toed in enough can cause a wandering condition were you constantly have to steer on straight open road.

If you have a misaligned steering wheel, have a driving pull to either side or the wandering condition then take it back have the manager drive it with you and show him or her whats going on they will decide what the next course of action will be. If there are no movement of the tires, no pulls and no wandering then I would just drive it. I can not explain the results of the print outs.

If you take it back to the shop that did the alignment and there are parts that need to be replaced then they should should not charge you for the alignment after the worn parts are replaced but they will charge you for the parts and the R and R of the parts. If you had the second alignment done at a different shop then getting that money back will be difficult.

good luck:car: