Car that tracks left and right? - Toyota Yaris Forums

Boost Addicted · 03-12-2010, 01:28 PM

They probably just did a crappy job... I've even seen people put weight on the side of a car to trick the machine into thinking camber is good, then quick hit the ''save'' button on the computer and print out the numbers for the customer and tell them their car is finished. There's a lotta dirt bags out there haha.

I'd go somewhere else and have it done, or have the original place print out your measurements. I believe they're required to save them.

But by the sound of your first post, it seems you have more of a camber problem than a toe problem. Again, both allignment angles will affect the direction the car goes, but toe usually has your steering wheel off center a bit and/or will pull the wheel from your hands if you let go. Camber wont... You'll just start drifting.

And there are fewer camber adjustments... Infact, some cars (like my Jetta lol) do not have camber adjustments. You probably have limited adjustment through the camber bolts (do they have actual camber ''kits'' so to speak, or is it just the control arm/strut knuckle that has slight play in when the two bolts are loosened? I haven't inspected the Yaris much, it's my girlfriends car). But, after you make minimal adjustments to the camber via camber bolts, you need to use shims to get the angle where it should be. Maaany shops are too lazy to do this, especially if they have older software that doesn't tell them where to cut the shim to make it angle properly.

03-12-2010, 01:28 PM	#11
Boost Addicted Drives: 2008 Yaris 5spd, 2005 GLI 1.8T Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Albany NY Posts: 33	They probably just did a crappy job... I've even seen people put weight on the side of a car to trick the machine into thinking camber is good, then quick hit the ''save'' button on the computer and print out the numbers for the customer and tell them their car is finished. There's a lotta dirt bags out there haha. I'd go somewhere else and have it done, or have the original place print out your measurements. I believe they're required to save them. But by the sound of your first post, it seems you have more of a camber problem than a toe problem. Again, both allignment angles will affect the direction the car goes, but toe usually has your steering wheel off center a bit and/or will pull the wheel from your hands if you let go. Camber wont... You'll just start drifting. And there are fewer camber adjustments... Infact, some cars (like my Jetta lol) do not have camber adjustments. You probably have limited adjustment through the camber bolts (do they have actual camber ''kits'' so to speak, or is it just the control arm/strut knuckle that has slight play in when the two bolts are loosened? I haven't inspected the Yaris much, it's my girlfriends car). But, after you make minimal adjustments to the camber via camber bolts, you need to use shims to get the angle where it should be. Maaany shops are too lazy to do this, especially if they have older software that doesn't tell them where to cut the shim to make it angle properly.