Has anyone got any links to a easy to make and accurate tracking gauge.
Thanks Matty

Any good?

http://www.elantragtclub.com/id554.html

http://www.clubgti.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1597992&postcount=42

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Mine is slighly slimpler, accurate enough.
Made up of some ally rectangle tube and a few brackets. Threaded rod drilled in at either end allow adjustment to suit most size cars.


With fetling could be used to do camber too.

the idea above is basically the same as the one i used, except i dont have the uprights. Very quick easy to and very accurate, it takes about 5 or 10 minutes to check and adjust.

I just stick some masking tape on the tyre, make a mark with a pen and roll it from 9 o'clock to 3 o'clock and vice versa and then just drop the marks down to the garage floor (more masking tape) and measure the relative distance between the marks with a straight edge. Easy, quick, cheap and accurate.

When I rebuilt my car I used a lengths of box section against each wheel sitting on a pair of wooden blocks front and rear then measured with a tape measure and adjusted accordingly. When I took it to work and checked using laser wheel alignment equipment it was spot on . I've been looking at the laser wheel alignment gear from Gunsons on E bay Trackace DIY Car Laser Wheel Alignment Tracking Gauge | eBay

I messed about with lasers and angle gauges which were OK but a bit fiddly, and eventually bought a Gunsons Trackrite for £35, which you just drive over to get a reading. It is very simple and works perfectly.

Stu

[Edited on 16/9/11 by whitestu]

I've got a paper template of an old gunsons system. You bungie cord a large bit of metal to the wheel rim. Its shaped so it sits on the rim and not the tyre & sits quite low on the wheel so misses the bodywork. You then measure the distance between the front and rear bit of the metal, its sized so that each mm difference means something or other (1/2 a degree or something).

Have a look at trackace

2 lengths of straight wood (ha ruddy ha) or I now use some steel box about 600mm long. 2 housebricks. Tape measure or 2 is a little quicker. One helper is handy too.
Car on the level, brick against the centre of the bottom of the tyre, on its edge. Bit of steel placed centrally and just touching the tyre front and rear. Measure distance front and back, adjust as needed.

Important to load the seats with expected driver and passenger loads too, so borrow a couple of passers by

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Originally posted by cliftyhanger
2 lengths of straight wood (ha ruddy ha) or I now use some steel box about 600mm long. 2 housebricks. Tape measure or 2 is a little quicker. One helper is handy too.
Car on the level, brick against the centre of the bottom of the tyre, on its edge. Bit of steel placed centrally and just touching the tyre front and rear. Measure distance front and back, adjust as needed.

Important to load the seats with expected driver and passenger loads too, so borrow a couple of passers by

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The original Gunson Trakrite is highly accurate and well worth the money, The new DIY laser system which is being sold under various names including Trackace and Takrite laser is no better.

[Edited on 17/9/11 by britishtrident]

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Originally posted by whitestu
I messed about with lasers and angle gauges which were OK but a bit fiddly, and eventually bought a Gunsons Trackrite for £35, which you just drive over to get a reading. It is very simple and works perfectly.

Stu

[Edited on 16/9/11 by whitestu]

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