Heavy equipment front and rear axle wheel alignment allowances
Summary of the wheel alignment allowance for commercial and heavy equipment wheel alignments completed in house by a repair facility.
Allowance entitlements
Wheel alignments completed in-house at a repair facility, have an established labour time.
The flat rate allowance applicable when performing tractor and trailer alignments in house at the repair facility.
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When the wheel alignment is ... |
Then the facility is entitled to a flat rate of... |
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to the front axle, including checking alignment and setting toe-in |
3.0 hours. Note: Labour time does not include adjustment of rear axles.
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adjusting the front axle, including set back, if required |
1.0 hours. |
| a three axle alignment | 5.0 hours, including adjustments. |
| a four axle alignment | 6.0 hours, including adjustments. |
Important: In circumstances where alignments are not completed in-house by the repair facility and are instead sublet to another repair facility, the repair facility subletting the alignments is entitled to a mark-up of 25% over cost.