.....not to mention wasted fuel in reduced MPG due to 'fighting' it's way down the road........

Mike B.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: BenT Syncro 
  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
  Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 5:22 PM
  Subject: Re: Trying To Understand Tie rod Adjustments

  2009/4/12 Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net>

  > Sure.
  >
  > You may get it close enough by hand to drive & may not even notice any
  > alignment issue, but tire wear after 10K miles will "tell all".
  >
  > Thanks,
  > Tom Hargrave

  I have to agree. Backyard alightment jobs can result in savings but not
  enough to offset the cost of a prematurely work tire. My local alightment
  shop users laser technology to get it just right. I drop my Vanagon off. Go
  to lunch nearby. Tnen $100 later I am done. No skinned knuckles and good
  chance my 40 series Pirellis will have the best chance of survival when I go
  canyon carving in my Vanagon. OK, so maybe I tend to exaggerate a little.
  But those tires are $200 a piece!

  BenT