jamrogers
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| posted on 23/9/08 at 08:36 PM |
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wheel alignment gunson trakrite
Has anyone used a gunson trakrite for wheel alignment? u drive over it and as the platform is on a roller bearing, the table rotates showing the angle
of alignment?
good idea or useless bit of kit?
[Edited on 23/9/08 by jamrogers]
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JohnN
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| posted on 23/9/08 at 08:57 PM |
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I believe that for a production car, the basic ones that have fixed camber & castor by virtue of the suspension geometry, then the trackrite will
help with indicating toe in/out errors and the change in toe needed.
However, for a seven, without knowing that camber & castor are correct (or even what they should be) then it's going to be much less
useful.
I have one, and it has helped, but I STILL have no idea what my camber & castor measurements are or even what they should be.
One of these days I'm going to get it setup at a laser wheel alignment place to get some sort of basis to work from.
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BenB
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| posted on 23/9/08 at 09:21 PM |
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Best thing for camber adjustment is a cheapo inclinometer off Ebay. The nice ones have magnets on the best so you can attach it to the brake disc.
Voila! Job done. Easy camber measurement.
For measuring toe-in the best thing (IMHO) is a decididly locost pair of tracking calipers.
At some point I really must do a tutorial on tracking using these things. I did it the other day and it's a PoP!!!
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UncleFista
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| posted on 24/9/08 at 01:46 AM |
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They work fine, I've set up the Locost and a couple of tin-tops, several months later tyre wear is even with no handling problems. It paid for
itself in no time.
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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loggyboy
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| posted on 24/9/08 at 09:55 AM |
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im in the process of making my own tracking bar. It will look a little like this:
with an adjustable threaded rod to measure the distance between front a rear most points on the front wheels.
It could also double as a camber measurer with some tweeks.
So far parts have cost under £40.
Mistral Motorsport
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jamrogers
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| posted on 27/9/08 at 02:37 PM |
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i thought about making something like that but the bar would have to be quite thick to make sure it doesn't flex...
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YouTube
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