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  • Rear wheel alignment why you should check .

    Okay today I wake up to no electricity [power lines down ] then go to load the van for todays job and damn flat tyre and its raining . So I pump it up with onboard compressor as it had gone down slightly last week so I just thought it was a slow leak . Twenty minutes later its flat again , so pull off the wheel and fit the spare and this is what I found . Apparently according to the tyre guys the rear wheel was way out of alignment , probably due to the runaway incident late last year when it mounted the footpath on its downhill path of destruction . And yes it was like this all the way around the inside , out of sight as it seems .
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    Hope you got out of that for not too many dollars. Was the other side the same? It surprised me when I put mine in for it's first replacement tyres and found I needed a rear alignment too.
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    VW Transporter T5 MY10 Van M 6spd 2.0DT 103kw White. Long wheel base. Standard roof?

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    • #3
      Full wheel alignments are around $50, don't stress too much

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      • #4
        Originally posted by zillar32 View Post
        Full wheel alignments are around $50, don't stress too much
        Depends who does it and what type of machine they use.

        The best two shops i know charge $100+.
        carandimage The place where Off-Topic is On-Topic
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        • #5
          I was charged somewhere from $75-$100 a couple of years back.
          After what I've spent on the front axle recently - wheel alignments are small change now
          I was trying to say that before having my T5 it had never occurred to me that you would nee a rear wheel alignment.
          But that picture certainly shows the consequences.
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          VW Transporter T5 MY10 Van M 6spd 2.0DT 103kw White. Long wheel base. Standard roof?

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          • #6
            Two new tyres front and rear balance front and rear alignment rotate etc $460

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            • #7
              Surprised to found mine did the same, left rear.
              Was told not adjustable.

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              • #8
                I use Keith 4 Wheels here in Brisbane they have looked after our vans for over 12 years so they know them pretty good , yes ours was the left rear as well and they can be adjusted .

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                • #9
                  Long way from Esperance to Brisbane
                  Bought my bus in Brisbane
                  What model do you have

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                  • #10
                    The van in question is the 2005 t5 2.0 petrol manual .

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Kombi View Post
                      Surprised to found mine did the same, left rear.
                      Was told not adjustable.
                      find a new aligner
                      carandimage The place where Off-Topic is On-Topic
                      I used to think I was anal-retentive until I started getting involved in car forums

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                      • #12
                        What brand tyres do you run on your vans ?

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                        • #13
                          I was also told my rear wheels are not adjustable. So they 100% are on a T5 2005 LWB?

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                          • #14
                            Bolts 5 & 7 are eccentric adjusters.
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                            carandimage The place where Off-Topic is On-Topic
                            I used to think I was anal-retentive until I started getting involved in car forums

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                            • #15
                              You should print that and send it to some of those idiots who call themselves "wheel and tyre experts "

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