Thinking of making my own up, but not the bathroom scale type.

Anyone had some success?

is it worth going to a lot of bother since unless you suffer from yo-yo dieting you will most likely need it only once.

the scales seem a cheap solution

Needs checked every so often springs settle particularly in the first 6 months use.


One way to do is make up a hydraulic load using a pressure gauge and a hydraulic cylinder

Any useful links for the kit?

Cheers

Ian

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Originally posted by britishtrident
Needs checked every so often springs settle particularly in the first 6 months use.


One way to do is make up a hydraulic load using a pressure gauge and a hydraulic cylinder

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didn't david jenkins make one out of a clutch slave cylinder and a pressure gauge off ebay?

i may be wrong on it being david, but that was the idea iirc.

tom

I looked at the idea, but then someone lent me one!

Here's where I found a design:

minimania

I was toying with idea of using a small cheap bottle jack as the cylinder.

BTW: It is worth doing - my car felt very unsettled, then I used the gauge and found that there was a diagonal bias (right heavier than the left at the front. left heavier than the right at the back.)

Balanced it out as best I could, and it felt a huge amount better afterwards.