Rich Manapat of Complete Diesel Service uses a jacking system to raise the front axle off the wheels, which allows proper checking of front-end components. Why should you pay attention to wheel ...

Hitting a large pothole head-on may cause more than a loud thud. It could throw off your car’s wheel alignment. Improper wheel alignment can cause issues with how your vehicle handles — which could ...

Boy, last winter sure was tough on the roads! It seemed that overnight giant, bottomless potholes with putrid, cavernous chasms opened in highways and byways all over the U.S. and promised to devour ...

Studies have shown that 80 percent of Class 8 tractors operate misaligned, and over 90 percent of the trailers they pull have serious alignment problems. Even new trucks aren’t immune. The Technology ...

Getting a wheel alignment for your car is essential to routine maintenance. Despite its name, a wheel alignment has nothing to do with adjusting the wheels and tires of your car. Instead, the ...

“The car’s tracking was out, too,” he says. “When you take delivery of a new car, one thing they don’t give you is a printout of the wheel geometry so you can see it’s all properly set up. You have to ...

Wheel alignment is a procedure that involves adjusting the angles of the wheels on a vehicle, so they get set to the vehicle manufacturer's specifications. Proper wheel alignment helps improve the ...

Q: We’re seeing excess tire wear on one of our trailers, and our drivers are complaining about the vehicle dog-tracking. We’ve checked the wheel alignment on the trailer, but we’re not seeing ...