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Vehicle: '99 Chevy 1/2 ton van, 2 wheel drive with typical upper and lower control arms.
Went for wheel alignment and to everyone's amazement, the van still had it's "knockouts". So the $45 alignment turned in to $300 because the upper "A" arms had to be completely removed and all the hardware replaced to do the alignment - which was out of adjustment.
They explained the knockouts are put in on the assembly line and not meant to stay in this long. Spending it's life in Michigan, everything was pretty wasted.
I would like to see pictures of knockouts and have someone give me an explanation on what knockouts are. They gave me the impression that knockouts are supposed to be temporary but these made it 15 years. School me.
Went for wheel alignment and to everyone's amazement, the van still had it's "knockouts". So the $45 alignment turned in to $300 because the upper "A" arms had to be completely removed and all the hardware replaced to do the alignment - which was out of adjustment.
They explained the knockouts are put in on the assembly line and not meant to stay in this long. Spending it's life in Michigan, everything was pretty wasted.
I would like to see pictures of knockouts and have someone give me an explanation on what knockouts are. They gave me the impression that knockouts are supposed to be temporary but these made it 15 years. School me.