kingkarmann
Recycles dryer sheets
- Joined
- Jul 13, 2007
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I can tell you from first hand experience that the CRV was most likely delivered with a alignment that was out of spec.
Let me paint a picture.
Assembling a car is fascinating to watch but I assure you with 20+ years of front line experience, if something goes awry in the choreography things go bad in a hurry.
One of those areas is the Vehicle Dynamic Testing Area. I've changed the name of the department a bit to protect the innocent.
Process time is the time allowed for an individual to do a task as a car passes by. The time in most auto manufacturer's is about 60 seconds per car. That time is constant from the time the panels are stamped from raw steel, painted and rolled through assembly to have engines, tire, glass, seats and all the other things put on to make a car a car.
"How does this affect my alignment" ? you might wonder.
The car rolls on to a pit that is vey much like the 10 minute oil change places.
We have 60 seconds to do an alignment. It has to be done quickly and precisely. I could explain the exact process to do this but I'm thinking this is already to long to explain premature tire wear.
So.... If the alignment pit gets behind the cars coming from final assembly start backing up. At some point the cars will back up to the point where the main line needs shut down.
Upper management hates this as output is one of the metrics their performance and bonus is based on.
Screaming and yelling ensues! Cars are rushed through the alignment bottleneck even if it means some do not get the proper alignment if at all.
And that is how you get premature wear from a brand new car!
Let me paint a picture.
Assembling a car is fascinating to watch but I assure you with 20+ years of front line experience, if something goes awry in the choreography things go bad in a hurry.
One of those areas is the Vehicle Dynamic Testing Area. I've changed the name of the department a bit to protect the innocent.
Process time is the time allowed for an individual to do a task as a car passes by. The time in most auto manufacturer's is about 60 seconds per car. That time is constant from the time the panels are stamped from raw steel, painted and rolled through assembly to have engines, tire, glass, seats and all the other things put on to make a car a car.
"How does this affect my alignment" ? you might wonder.
The car rolls on to a pit that is vey much like the 10 minute oil change places.
We have 60 seconds to do an alignment. It has to be done quickly and precisely. I could explain the exact process to do this but I'm thinking this is already to long to explain premature tire wear.
So.... If the alignment pit gets behind the cars coming from final assembly start backing up. At some point the cars will back up to the point where the main line needs shut down.
Upper management hates this as output is one of the metrics their performance and bonus is based on.
Screaming and yelling ensues! Cars are rushed through the alignment bottleneck even if it means some do not get the proper alignment if at all.
And that is how you get premature wear from a brand new car!