I just got an alignment and the printout showed ~15' of setback on the passwenger front wheel. Does thise mean there is some damage? Also, there were no values for Caster...the guy said he did not have the specs for caster on an S2000. But I don't get it, even if there were no specs available, shouldn't the printout still state the amount of Caster currently on the car? The reason I ask is that I believe the Caster on the same wheel with Setback is off. When slighlty turning the wheel right, it doesn't want to self center the way it does when turned left.

I really don't want to take it back to them if they don't know what they're doing, but also don't want to spend another $150 for an alignment at a different shop.

Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated....

 

I thought that setback was caster. Or is that a distance related to wheelbase?

If there are no caster specs, either setback is caster or the guy and his rack/database is worthless. Honda has a spec, go to someone that knows what it is (like maybe a dealer).

Did both front wheels have the same spec for setback?

 

no....there was only a Setback value for the right wheel...

Setback and Caster are different, correct?

 

Here is your explanation of set-back (I was not familiar with it).

[URL=http://www.fasep.it/english/set-back.htm#Cosa%20

 

thanks a lot....my mind is now at ease....