Wheel alignment of VAZ Lada Granta in Moscow: addresses and phone numbers of car services, ratings and reviews, questions and answers

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Corleone car service offers a wide range of services for maintenance, fault prevention and car repairs in the capital. One of them, which is very important for the comfortable and safe use of any modern car, is wheel alignment, checking and adjusting the angles of the wheels in relation to the road and the car’s own axis.

Wheel alignment is adjusted at the Izmailovo service station at the address: 1st st. Izmailovsky Menagerie, building 8.

Why is it so important to timely adjust wheel alignment?

Correct wheel alignment of a car is designed to ensure:

• normal grip;
• maintaining high exchange rate stability;
• comfortable handling, responsiveness of the wheels and suspension to any manipulation of the steering wheel;
• uniform distribution of load on the suspension.

If the car's wheel alignment is set incorrectly, the driver cannot control the car properly. The car either pulls to the side or skids even during minor turns. This not only increases the risk of getting into an accident, but also shock absorbers, silent blocks, and elements of the steering system wear out.

In addition, if the wheel alignment is adjusted incorrectly, the tires wear out much faster and fuel consumption increases. To avoid all these troubles, it is better to immediately contact specialists who will establish the most accurate parameters for wheel alignment angles.

We use a super computer stand with high-precision CCD 8×4 technology (more precisely 3D technology) “TECO CCD SENSOR 8×4”

Why Corleone car service?

This question is not difficult to answer. The thing is that we employ experienced specialists who carry out wheel alignment and tire fitting at a high quality level. In addition, you can give several more killer arguments in favor of cooperation with us:

• use of modern equipment and software that allows wheel alignment to be checked with high accuracy. American stands, in addition, also increase the speed of work without losing their quality;
• performing diagnostics of the chassis and control system, as well as repairing detected faults before wheel alignment;
• providing guarantees for all types of work and spare parts installed on the vehicle;
• affordable price for professional wheel alignment of cars of all models and brands.

Wheel alignment

Every car eventually breaks down. In order to save money, car owners are starting to repair their car with their own hands. In this case, we will consider the wheel alignment operation.

By definition, if a wheel deviates from the vertical axis of rotation, then such a defect is called camber.

He can be:

— positive, when the lower sector of the wheels is tilted “under the body”;

- negative, in which they are turned “outside”.

In turn, the term “convergence” denotes the displacement of the slopes on the disks relative to the longitudinal and transverse axes of movement.

If such deformations are detected, they must be corrected immediately. This needs to be done as quickly as possible, because traffic safety directly depends on this. An incorrectly set angle leads to the fact that the wheels do not respond well to steering wheel manipulations.

Improper wheel alignment leads to faster tire wear. In addition, the car on the road will behave unstable: it will be “pulled” in one direction or another, which means you will have to more carefully control the movement, constantly compensating for the car’s displacement by turning the steering wheel in the opposite direction.

Inspection of the tires indicates that one edge of the tire is worn out more than the other (the edge of the tire suffers the most).

All this suggests that wheel alignment must be constantly monitored. If there is a need for repair and adjustment work, you should choose one of two options:

— take your car to the service station;

— carry out repair work on your own, thereby saving money.

How to make wheel alignment with your own hands

Let us recall that in the previous article we looked at how to bleed the brakes with your own hands and without an assistant. It is imperative to carry out this procedure, since the brake system is not to be trifled with.

Video. Wheel alignment

— the car must be placed on a flat surface so that the steering rods and rack are accessible. An inspection hole or overpass will do for this. The nose of the body is slightly jacked up;

- The wheels should be aligned for straight driving. The steering wheel is firmly fixed. Otherwise, the presence of an assistant will be required to hold the steering wheel;

— slopes are set using chalk, a plumb line, and an accurate ruler/caliper. The diameter of the tire is covered with chalk marks. At the top and bottom, a pair of gaps are measured from the slope to the wing. The more measurements are recorded, the better;

— after loosening the shock absorber bracket, you need to turn the cam by the amount of the difference between the marks. The position is controlled using a plumb line. Finally, the wheel should be securely fastened to the rim.

Next comes the turn of adjusting the wheel alignment. Here a ruler or a special sliding rod is used. The procedure is carried out in the following order:

— as in the previous setting, the steering wheel is set to straight-line movement and held there until the end;

— marks are placed on the inner surface (you will need chalk), between which the distance is fixed. 4 pairs of such measurements are taken (when the wheels are turned 90°).

Taking into account the obtained data, the steering rods are adjusted.

Frequency of work on wheel alignment adjustment

According to the requirements of many automakers, wheel alignment must be adjusted once every 15 thousand kilometers. Or a little more often if the car is used on not very high-quality Russian roads.

In addition, wheel alignment of vehicles should be carried out:

• immediately after purchasing a used car;
• after replacing ball joints, shock absorber struts, silent blocks and other parts of the chassis and steering system;
• after changing tires;
• after diagnostic work affecting the suspension in any way;
• when identifying any problems with controllability.

Compliance with these requirements will allow you to install the correct wheel alignment in a timely manner, which will reduce the risk of getting into emergency situations, and will also help you avoid expensive chassis repairs.

Lada Kalina Station wagon "Kalinka" › Logbook › Do-it-yourself wheel alignment Lada Kalina

Good day everyone.
I decided to check the alignment myself. Why yes, because handy service technicians cannot do wheel alignment well on modern stands. I did the wheel alignment several times and no one could do it right. The first time they did it, it ate up the tires in 3000 km (the alignment was done incorrectly). Another time it started to pull towards the passenger side. I decided to check it myself. First you need to place the car on a horizontal platform. To do this, I cut 4 pieces of board (250+300 mm) for 4 wheels. I installed Kalinka on 4 boards in level (it was very difficult to search for the horizon).

Pumped up the wheels to 2 atm.

I shook the car by the rear and front bumpers. I hung the rope exactly in the center of the wheel. Prepared a plumb line. Container with oil. Calipers. A pen and a piece of paper. I took measurements. As it turned out. The wheels were tilted to one side (passenger). The top of the right wheel is tilted outward when it should be inward. The top of the left wheel is tilted inward. The camber of the equipped car should be 0 degrees 20 min +/- 30 min. This is approximately 2.0 mm. Of course, you can do it at 0 degrees. The hardest part was turning the adjusting bolts. It's inconvenient without a hole.

I didn’t do the alignment because I don’t have any tires. After the adjustment, I drove 600 km along the highway, everything became normal. I drop the steering wheel and the car drives smoothly. I'm pleased with the result. I won't go to STOshniks again. I made the alignment ruler myself. I'll check later. Good luck to everyone on the roads.

Possible nuances

All of the above can also be applied to cars with other types of suspension. However, depending on the design features of a number of elements, there may be significant differences. For example:

• Cars where a gearbox and steering linkage are installed instead of a rack and pinion drive require special attention to the condition of the bushings and the pendulum hinge. Their wear affects the adjustment, and it can often be detected only with a certain position of the parts.
• On machines with a pivot suspension, when adjusting the camber produced by rotating the eccentric, the caster also changes. It will also have to be controlled.
• Some car models provide toe adjustment not only for the front, but also for the rear wheels. In most cases, this parameter changes when the coupling mounted on the transverse link connecting the rear wheels is rotated.
• If the car has all-wheel drive and a continuous front axle is installed, then the design does not provide for camber adjustment.

You can do the job efficiently only if you know all these features.

The master's work is afraid

Of course, your task will be greatly simplified if you decide to invest in professional equipment. It is not necessary to purchase a complex stand with laser sensors and a computer terminal that processes information, connected to a database that contains all the necessary parameters for hundreds of machine models.

A relatively inexpensive optical stand is quite sufficient. The domestic version of such a device, SKO-1M, can be found in stores for a very reasonable price, around 60,000 rubles. , price. For a used one they ask for even less.

It’s not easy to do a wheel alignment yourself. What looks easy in words, in practice requires serious expenditure of physical and nervous strength. You shouldn’t expect that everything will work out the first time. You'll have to be patient. Remember that the most advanced wheel alignment equipment will not make you an experienced specialist. But in the hands of a master, even an ordinary PSK-LG line can work wonders!

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Camber parameters for Lada Grants

The manufacturer recommends the following angle values ​​that must be adhered to when adjusting the wheel installation parameters:

When measuring, you should take into account the different values ​​of the wheel alignment angles on the Lada Granta liftback and models with an electric steering system (indicated in the second line in the table) and without it.

The different toe-in figures for the camber of the Granta's rear wheels are due to the use of different types of levers. The Lada Granta has a liftback and the camber of the rear wheels is the same as that of a regular sedan.

Wheel alignment parameters "Grants"

The angles of the Granta sport wheels are slightly different from the standard models.

On the Granta sports car, the camber of the rear wheels also differs from conventional models and is -2°±30'.