Another 'too wide' thread

[The Brit]

After doing the middle perch, took my truck to Omni to get it aligned. Too wide for the alignment rack and they do all kinds of HD trucks. Went next door to Ford - the tech said, we'd take it to Omni! So he said it'd fit on the dealers rack but they don't have the latest software for the 2012 Raptor. Pretty nice of them not to BS me and just try and do it with F150 specs.

Turns out Les Schwab can fit it on the rack so I'll be back out there tomorrow to try again...

 

[matt33]

The Raptor is a thick bitch. I saw an interview where SVT's lead engineer talked about how Ford stretched the track width as far as the could with the tooling available at the plant in MI. Any wider and they couldn't have built it in production #'s.

 

[Hockster]

After doing the middle perch, took my truck to Omni to get it aligned. Too wide for the alignment rack and they do all kinds of HD trucks. Went next door to Ford - the tech said, we'd take it to Omni! So he said it'd fit on the dealers rack but they don't have the latest software for the 2012 Raptor. Pretty nice of them not to BS me and just try and do it with F150 specs.

Turns out Les Schwab can fit it on the rack so I'll be back out there tomorrow to try again...

To Wide??? The turn plates are movable . Odd, they must be able to drive a dually on the rack and since the plates are movable you slide the front ones out to sit under the tires after you lift the truck... Hmm, strange

 

[Squatting Dog]

Not strange... In my opinion just lazy.

-Greg

 

[beemerman]

Just had mine done today. Just slid out the plates. Fit on the rails fine. Jack


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[The Brit]

The alignment shop has a pit where the front wheel alignment plates reside. The 2 foot long 'bridge' to the plates was too narrow, each tire would have been hanging off by half a tire width while the plates were set out to the maximum width. They did not want to risk the truck falling in the pit so opted not to attempt it.

 

[Hockster]

The alignment shop has a pit where the front wheel alignment plates reside. The 2 foot long 'bridge' to the plates was too narrow, each tire would have been hanging off by half a tire width while the plates were set out to the maximum width. They did not want to risk the truck falling in the pit so opted not to attempt it.

Ok, a bit more understood now.

 

[BIRDMAN]

just get the specs and tell them to align it. what do they need software for?

 

[pirate air]

They can use specs for a 2010.

 

[The Brit]

They can use specs for a 2010.

Thanks Pirate!

Can you confirm the alignment specs are the same for 2012 as they were for 2010? Going to Les Schwab this afternoon and they don't have the updates yet for 2012 (just 2011) but I said I'm pretty sure the specs and suspension geometry hasn't changed.

Cheers,
Mark