Job Description:

• 1) Aligns wheels, axles, frames, torsion bars, and steering mechanisms of automotive vehicles, such as automobiles, buses, and trucks: Drives automotive vehicle onto wheel alignment rack and tests vehicle for faulty wheel alignment, bent axle, worn ball joints, and bent steering rods, using alignment-testing machine.

• 2) Straightens axle and steering rods and adjusts shims, tie rods, and joining pins to align wheels, or installs new parts, using handtools.

• 3) Places wheel on balancing machine to determine where counterweights must be added to balance wheel.

• 4) Hammers counterweights onto rim of wheel.

• 5) Installs shock absorbers.

• 6) Straightens frame, using hydraulic jack, chassis aligner, and acetylene torch.