Are railroad crossings bad for a cars alignment and suspension??

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Unless you are flying over rough, raised tracks at unreasonable speeds you do not need to worry about your suspension. Your suspension will wear out over time with regular every day driving. It would be ideal to be able to drive on smooth surfaces all the time, but not realistic.

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As for alignment, no. Crashing your car into a ditch will affect alignment. Installing new ball joints will affect alignment. What changes alignment is the wearing down or breakage of related parts, even suspension or steering. If you break a suspension piece, it can result in misalignment because your vehicle is no longer operating cohesively. Driving over railroad tracks will not affect your alignment unless you have a really worn down strut, the strut breaks, you continue to drive on the broken strut, and eventually throw your car out of balance.

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yes.If the track crossing you go over is rough it will throw the suspsion off.Its like going over pot holes all the time.you will have the same resoults

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Everything that makes your car tire bounce will have an effect on your alignment. Most cars with newer components will hold the alignment longer but will need adjustments. As the bushings ware and as the rubber hardens over time even newer cars will ware out.

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If they are well contructed, not a problem. Many rural crossings are little more than crossties parallel to the rails. Just take it easy across them the first time to see how rough it is. A crossing that jerks the wheel in your hands or bottoms out the suspension is a problem. I would avoid going that way if possible or stock up on shocks.

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I always drive my Caprice over them as fast as allowed. Its a lot quicker bump time and the car now has 313,000 miles with the same ball joints etc.

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