CloverHillCrawler
Well-known member
Well, I got some bad news - when I went to get it aligned; they were not able to do it because my Pitman Arm is damaged and stated that it could have only happened in a accident. I imagine the dealership that repaired it when I was rear ended never bothered to check the alignment after the repair (Swing Arm Assembly replaced) and missed it.
I went back to look at the estimate that was approved for the repairs and an alignment was not included in the repairs listed. It's only a $40 part, but about $700 in labor to fix it.
I would do it myself, but it is going to be undrivable after I replace it, and it moves the tie rods back to where they would normally be, then I'd need to trailer it up to have it realigned, which may require another disassembly if I place the Pitman Arm back in too far right or left for adjustment. Plus, there is the issue of actually pulling the Pitman Arm. I looked for some videos, but apparently no one has done a video for an F3 of pulling the DPS and Pitman Arm. Smoak had a video of a 2015 RT where he pulled the DPS and showed a tool, but it was for another make of vehicle. That, and Ryan took some extra time to find this for me, so I am letting him and his crew repair it.
I guess I need to try to reopen my case from getting rear ended, as that was the last accident, plus, my insurer has a limited lifetime warranty on repairs, so hopefully it would be covered under that.
I went back to look at the estimate that was approved for the repairs and an alignment was not included in the repairs listed. It's only a $40 part, but about $700 in labor to fix it.
I would do it myself, but it is going to be undrivable after I replace it, and it moves the tie rods back to where they would normally be, then I'd need to trailer it up to have it realigned, which may require another disassembly if I place the Pitman Arm back in too far right or left for adjustment. Plus, there is the issue of actually pulling the Pitman Arm. I looked for some videos, but apparently no one has done a video for an F3 of pulling the DPS and Pitman Arm. Smoak had a video of a 2015 RT where he pulled the DPS and showed a tool, but it was for another make of vehicle. That, and Ryan took some extra time to find this for me, so I am letting him and his crew repair it.
I guess I need to try to reopen my case from getting rear ended, as that was the last accident, plus, my insurer has a limited lifetime warranty on repairs, so hopefully it would be covered under that.
