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Lets keep you safely on the road Remember worn parts can effect Alignment

Wheel alignment is important to the health of your car or truck. If you hit a massive pothole, you might bump your suspension out of the carefully calculated locations that the components have been set. All of the elements that make your car go straight are called "alignment." Some shops try to make it seem like rocket science, but wheel alignment is a fairly straightforward affair. The inclusive term "wheel alignment" involves three main measurements -- caster, camber, and toe. These measurements have standards that a technician uses as targets of adjustment. In other words, get as close as you can to the right measurement.

A yearly alignment can add thousands of miles to your tires over the years. That's money in your pocket in tires not bought and extra fuel not burnt. Of course if you buy new tires, that's an excellent time to have your wheels aligned.

To maintain good alignment its important to have healthy steering and suspension whether its ball joints,tie rod ends,bushings,steering gear, even shocks and struts. We can examine and service your steering and suspension and keep the car smooth and straight down the road. just ask!

Today's vehicles demand using the lastest state of the art PC based equipment like our alignment machine shown above

Snap-on Equipment’s heritage began with a retired inventor named John Bean, and his founding of the John Bean Spray Pump in 1904.

John Bean was a pioneer in innovative technologies to meet the growing demands of the ever-growing automotive industry. During the early 1900’s John Bean’s state-of-the-art pressure pumps were often used as portable fire fighting pumps. The mounting of John Bean pumps on trucks led to the first fire trucks.

However, the added weight to the vehicle adversely affected the truck’s wheel alignment causing excessive tire wear. In 1925, John Bean engineers designed a dedicated mechanical alignment machine that could diagnose alignment problems and help to align the early John Bean fire trucks, and by 1932 this new alignment machine was being marketed broadly under the John Bean brand name.

John Bean engineers continued to innovate and in 1934 introduced the first dynamic wheel balancer.

In 1947, the John Bean Visualiner became the first optically based alignment system in the world and quickly became the standard of the industry.

In 1987 the John Bean Signature Series model 9909 became the first alignment machine with built-in training systems for the operator.

The Visualiner II in 1984 marked the first successful application of optical measuring heads with a CRTcomputer aligner. Our engineers were also the first to develop operator self-calibration for both wheel aligners and wheel balancers.

In 1987 the John Bean Signature Series model 9909 became the first alignment machine with built-in training systems for the operator. The company’s engineers continued to be at the forefront in developing and applying new technologies to the wheel service equipment industry.

The Snap-on innovative heritage continues to bring the world’s most valued productivity solutions to market, an example being the seven years of intensive research and development that resulted in the introduction of three-dimensional Imaging Alignment technology using digital cameras and high speed computing. This innovation has completely revolutionized Wheel Alignment service. Our Imaging Alignment technology allows today’s technician to obtain alignment readings in under 2 minutes! The tradition of being the first to apply new technologies to meet the needs of the automotive service industry is as alive today as it was in 1925 when John Bean introduced the world’s first wheel aligner.