The alignment on the rack will be referenced from the wheels and hubs and
will come out fine.

The van may not drive well on the worn tires but that's a different story
entirely.

For what its worth I bought a set of 4 used 225/55-16 ContiTrac Touring CH95
tires  from the Les Schwab on Meridian in Bellingham for $165.00 mounted,
balanced and installed.  That doesn't seem too expensive to me...

Jake

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Ed Duntz <eduntz@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Well, I've had a few responses directly to me and seen a few to the list-
> the responses are 50/50. Some say that the worn tires won't affect the
> alignment because the alignment is taken from the wheel position. Kind of
> makes sense, but the wheels are sitting on the tires. Others say it will
> affect the alignment. If you are one of these, can you elaborate on why?
>
> I'm driving a nearly 1,000 mile round trip this weekend to Buses of the
> Corn in Ontario, and I don't want to make the tires worse.
>
> Ed
>

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Jake

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