FAQs About Frame Straightening
Frame damage is extremely common and many people don’t realize that it occurs in roughly 50% of all auto accidents. If the frame of your car, SUV or truck gets damaged in an accident or collision, you'll need the help of a skilled, properly trained and auto body shop with the right equipment to fix it.
At Service King Germantown in Memphis, TN we have a frame machine that uses hydraulics to provide the correct amount of torque and leverage to pull the damaged frame back to OEM specifications. We also have experienced technicians who are experts and are I-CAR trained and use only world-class tools and techniques.
Here are Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the ins and outs of frame straightening:
Q: How does frame damage usually happen?
A vehicle needs frame straightening when the frame goes into misalignment from the rest of the car that often occurs following a car accident. Regardless of the angle that the collision happens at, the resulting force could be enough to throw off the frame. Sometimes this is obvious just by optically inspecting the vehicle, but you should see your body technician even after minor accidents.
Q: Is frame damage normally just an aesthetic problem?
If your car gets banged up in a collision, your body shop might suggest frame straightening. Sometimes you can tell when an automobile’s frame isn’t perfectly straight, and sometimes you can’t. Either way, it can have a significant effect on your car’s alignment. It throws your alignment off when your frame isn’t completely straight, and this means your car will stray to one side of the roadway or your steering wheel won’t be perfectly aligned in relation to your wheels. Frame straightening aims to reverse this problem so that you maintain full control over your vehicle.
Q: Exactly what is an automotive body straightening machine?
A body straightening machine consists of a full platform that is large enough to hold a car, SUV or pickup truck in place, and 2-3 upright posts that can be rotated 360-degrees and moved along the platform perimeter to work on diverse areas of a car frame. The most up-to-date machines use computerized line-of-sight lasers or sonic senders to assess a vehicle’s frame and diagnose how much damage it has gone through.
Q: How does a car body frame machine operate?
A damaged car is driven up onto the platform and bolted directly to a series of rigid clamps that hold it strongly in place so it can't move forward, backward and/or sideways. Chains on the towers are attached to precise points on the car's frame, based on where the diagnostics indicate that straightening is required.
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