Tire rotation and alignment

Just got back from Firestone after getting what turned out to be a no-charge, tire rotation and the life-time alignment check for our 2003 Prius:

	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
0	Actual	Range	Actual	value
1	left front		right front
2	0.3	-1.2 0.3	-0.1	Camber
3	2.0​	. 0.3 1.8	1.6	Caster
4	[/LEFT]
5	0.01	-0.05 0.15	0.11	Toe
6
7	left rear		right rear
8	-1.2	-2.3 -0.8	-0.9	Camber
9	-0.12	-0.12 0.22	0.01	Toe

Cross SAI -1.7

The driver side caster is off but I've never found a way to adjust it. Regardless, the edge wear was uniform so we're looking pretty good for getting the expected tire life. As expected, the pressure caps show they 'let the air out'. I'll head down to the Shell station, top off the tank and fill-up the tires. The Sumitomo T4s are rated 51 psi so it'll be 51/49, front to back.

This afternoon, I'll head over to the parts department and get the Type WS I'm using and a fresh pan gasket. We've got about 30,000 miles on this load so it'll go off for testing.

I'll check the paper and stop by whoever has an oil sale and pickup some Mobil 1 0W-30 or 5W-30 and their extended wear oil filter. I don't test engine oil.

All in all, I'm very happy with the tire rotation results. They are wearing evenly without edge problems. Getting the tire rotation for free was a nice Easter Egg.

Bob Wilson