Car Alignment

To keep your vehicle running smoothly, you’ll want to make sure it’s in alignment. Here’s everything you need to know about vehicle alignment, including what makes a car out of alignment and how to tell if yours needs an adjustment.

Vehicle alignment is one of the most important things you can do to keep your vehicle safe, in addition to keeping its tires running smoothly. Unfortunately, many people don’t understand what vehicle alignment is, or how it works.

Vehicle alignment is one of the most important things you can do to keep your vehicle safe, in addition to keeping its tires running smoothly. Unfortunately, many people don’t understand what vehicle alignment is, or how it works.

Vehicle alignment is a process that adjusts your car’s front wheels so that they’re pointing straight ahead when you’re driving down the road — this helps ensure that your tires are also pointing straight ahead and not leaning inward or outward from their usual position when you’re on the road. The more even this positioning is for all four corners of your vehicle (front wheels and rear), the better off it’ll be when driving around; uneven tire wear can cause problems like increased fuel consumption or decreased traction during cornering maneuvers.

What Makes a Vehicle “Misaligned”?

Vehicle alignment is important to a vehicle’s performance, safety and longevity. Alignment refers to the angle of the wheels relative to each other and the road they are traveling on. For example, if one wheel rises off the ground (usually due to hitting a curb or pothole), that wheel will be out of alignment. Misalignment also occurs when normal wear and tear causes changes in tire pressure between tires.

When your vehicle is misaligned, it puts undue stress on its suspension system, tires and steering components which can lead to:

• Tire wear
• Lower gas mileage
• Steering wheel vibrations

In addition, an improperly aligned vehicle may not handle as well as one that has been properly aligned – leading to poor handling characteristics such as pulling or wandering during high speeds or sharp cornering maneuvers

Vehicles are often misaligned due to things that happen when driving. This includes normal wear and tear on suspension components, steering components and roads. Everything from hitting a curb, to sustained acceleration and braking can affect the alignment of your car or truck.

• Wear and tear on suspension components, steering components, and roads
• Hitting curbs
• Sustained acceleration and braking
• Tire wear
• Road conditions

One of the most common kinds of misalignment happens when your front wheels aren’t straight with the car body itself. For instance, if your tires are pointing outward (away from each other), you have toe out. If they point inward (towards one another), it’s called toe-in. Camber refers to up and down movement of a tire as well as an angle in relation to the ground. Caster is the tipping forward or backward of the steering axis viewed from behind the wheel or axle.

The next time you hear someone say that their car is slightly misaligned, don’t laugh. They might just be talking about a potentially dangerous situation that needs to be corrected before something bad happens. Alignment issues can cause your tires to wear unevenly or even blow out unexpectedly, which can lead to an accident on the road!