Visit Pellegrino Auto Sales for Quality Alignment Service

If you're a resident of New York State, then you know you must keep up with all the scheduled maintenance and repairs your car needs. In addition to meeting state inspection requirements, one maintenance area many drivers often overlook is the vehicle's alignment.

At Pellegrino Auto Sales, our dedicated service center's personnel are well-versed in the alignment specifications of multiple makes and models. Once you leave our service center near Batavia, you can be assured all your wheels will be properly realigned.

This page is designed to help you better understand the definition of wheel alignment (including how it differs from wheel balancing), why it's necessary, what causes it, and what our helpful service team will do to ensure you'll be safely back on the road soon.

Wheel Balancing and Wheel Alignment are Different Processes

It's important to note that wheel balancing and wheel alignment are two different processes. Wheel balancing is used to correct an unevenness in your tires frequently caused by tread wear. The wheel balancing process involves attaching small weights to the wheel to ensure the weight of the wheel is even all around. This process is performed during the installation of new tires.

In contrast, wheel alignment is the process of adjusting the angles of your wheels to ensure that they are back within their original specification. Proper alignment means that the surfaces of each of the vehicle's tires are positioned to maximize their contact with the road.

Simply adjusting the wheel angles, however, is not enough to guarantee a solid alignment. This is because wheel alignment relies heavily upon your vehicle's suspension system. When the suspension system is well-calibrated, it keeps your tires in even contact with the road's surfaces around the greater Rochester region despite the various bumps and dips they may encounter.

Your Realignment Service Procedure at Pellegrino Auto Sales

When Buffalo area residents want to keep their vehicles performing safely, we at Pellegrino Auto Sales invite appointments for our quality wheel alignment service.

Once you drive into our service center near Medina, our mechanics will run a diagnostic and physical inspection to determine if your wheels need aligning. This inspection involves checking your vehicle against the manufacturers' specifications, including its tires' air pressure and condition as well as its camber, caster, and toe angles. Our technicians will also perform a suspension and steering system check and, if necessary, perform a road test.