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Understanding Dynamic Tire Alignment: What You See in the Shop is a Small Snapshot

One of the most difficult concepts for any technician is how alignment angles change when a vehicle is accelerating, braking and cornering. And what you see in the alignment bay is just a small snapshot.

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Rotary Releases R5000HD Mobile Heavy-Duty Alignment System

The R5000HD Mobile heavy-duty alignment system is designed to make truck, bus and other heavy-duty vehicle alignment jobs faster and easier.

Spotting Bent Suspension Components

Normal driving usually won’t knock the wheels out of alignment or damage the suspension. However, normal driving also involves encounters with the unexpected, which often include potholes, curbs, railroad crossings (which are famous for being rough), parking lot speed bumps and other things that jar and stress the suspension.

Scrub Radius and Alignments

Custom wheels and oversized tires can look good and give a vehicle a unique appearance. But it’s what you can’t see that can become really ugly, especially if the alignment and suspension angles have become altered in the installation process.

Rotary Offering More Than Vehicle Lifts

Rotary has introduced a full line of wheel service equipment, including tire changers, wheel balancers and alignment equipment.

Hofmann Offers New Wheel Alignment System

Hofmann now offers the new geoliner 770 Diagnostic Wheel Alignment System for use in high volume shops. “The new Hofmann geoliner 770 features an award-winning, next-generation interface that offers instant access to critical tasks in an intelligent flow, which makes operating it simple and more efficient than other aligners,” said Adam Brown, product manager for

Rules of Alignment

Are you communicating effectively with techs and customers? An alignment bay, lift and the sensors/computer are a considerable investment that can set you apart from other shops, but this equipment is only as effective as the people communicating the information. This means both engaging the customer about an alignment and communicating with the person performing