Wheel Alignments

Vehicle We Provide Wheel Alignments for:

• Passenger vehicles
• Campers
• Trailers (including boat trailers)

Alignment describes the way the tires and wheels are angled on your vehicle. Through regular use of your vehicle, it's possible for these angles to change. This may be due to parts wearing over time or due to impacts, such as with pot holes.

Signs You Need an Alignment

When the alignment is altered, it may result in your tires wearing faster or irregularly. You may also experience handling issues or find yourself "fighting the steering wheel" to keep your vehicle where you want it.

If you suspect your vehicle is misaligned, ask for an alignment check. We also recommend getting one whenever you're installing new tires. This is so you don't subject them to an increased rate of wear due to the alignment.

Meet the Alignment Angles

There are three angles critical to an alignment:

• Toe: Wheels can be toe-in (wears tires on outside) or toe-out (wears tires on inside). Depending on your vehicle, one option will wear tires less than the other. For example, toe-in alignments are performed to compensate for friction that occurs while driving and pushes wheels apart. However, toe-out is the better choice on some vehicles, like many old front-wheel drives, because they were built in a way where the wheels pulled inward.
• Camber: Camber describes how your tires and wheels lean relative to being straight. There are two types of camber, negative and positive. With negative camber, the tire tilts in toward the vehicle. With positive camber, the tire tilts away from the vehicle. Like toe, your ideal camber depends on your vehicle and how you drive it, as well as road conditions. Most vehicles should have some camber to compensate for turns.
• Caster: Caster is the angle between the upper ball joint and the lower ball joint. The angle tilt can be forward (negative caster) or rearward (positive caster) and plays an important role in handling. Incorrect caster requires drivers to exert more effort steering and increases the rate of wear on tires.

At Ken's Alignment Auto Service Center, we can align your tires and wheels to optimal angles for your make and model. We serve or customers throughout Aberdeen, Groton, SD, Ipswich, SD, and surrounding areas.

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