Pre-Alignment Road Test W/Customer

Perform a road test on the vehicle with the customer. The road test may help to identify many faulty parts:
^ Worn control arm bushings or strut bearings
^ Weak strut dampeners
^ Loose power steering gear mounts
^ Wheel bearings
^ Tires

Obvious conditions must be brought to the customers attention before beginning an alignment. A waddle feeling in the back of the vehicle often indicates the occurrence of a belt shift in one of the rear tires. Vibration in the steering wheel or in the floor pan is often the result of static imbalance or radial runout of the front tires.