key words here are 'good shop '
Vie seen a woman with a mercedes car have an alignment done with a totally
shot tie rod end.
so watch out.

front end shops also tend to oversell.
so be careful.
I think it's hard to find a shop will say 'it's all pretty good except these
one or two parts, if we do those, you'll be all right, and we can align it
and you'll be good for quite a while.'

what most shops do is 'look for Justifiable Profitable repairs'.
Nothing to do with spending your money the best way.
so be careful.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Wilford" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 7:03 AM
Subject: Re: Adjusting Tie Rods / Steering

> Paul, after doing any front end work, I always get the van aligned at a
> good front end shop.  It costs around $70 and you may have more front
> end parts that are bad, that is why you are having so many problems.  A
> good shop will find this out for you BEFORE they do an alignment and
> will tell you about it so you can either have them fix it or fix it
> yourself and bring it back for the final alignment.
>
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com
>
>
> Paul wrote:
>> Howdy,
>> After replacing a tie rod, I know now I should have done both at the same
>> time, all my attempts at getting everything even close have been in vain.
>> Every time I adjust the toe in I feel I've done it right, take it for a
>> drive and it drives like $%it. It kinda wobbles/shimmy at slower speeds
>> and
>> gets a little better with some speed. I think one of the rims might be
>> out
>> of balance as I noticed a spot on it where it looks like a weight was.
>> Would
>> that have that kind of effect on a rim?
>> I need help.
>> Thanks,
>> Paul
>>
>>