marc n
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cheap camber gauge
saw this and thought it may be of interest to some of you
camber gauge
[Edited on 4/8/05 by marc n]
[Edited on 4/8/05 by marc n]
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 4/8/05 at 07:55 PM |
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Not as cheap as my suitably marked piece of MDF................
Also I thought you would need the car on its wheels so that you can set the camber at ride height.............
could be talkin' cobblers but dont think so!!!
[Edited on 4/8/05 by Surrey Dave]
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 4/8/05 at 09:07 PM |
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Yep on its wheels for setting camber OR even on axle stands under the wishbone ends and levelled.
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marc n
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| posted on 5/8/05 at 07:44 AM |
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alright not as cheap as mdf
but a damn sight cheaper than the one we have @ £350
keep a set of the sierra steel wheels and your sorted,
probably in most cases you can take the wheel centre cap out of your alloys and use the centre of the hub
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Aloupol
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| posted on 5/8/05 at 09:44 AM |
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Yes, camber measurement without wheels is in most cases irrelevant.
Maybe possible to use this tool with the car "on wheels" with wheel dummies made from aly discs.
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smart51
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| posted on 5/8/05 at 12:24 PM |
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At the Dodge Viper factory, they measure and adjust camber and toe using inclinometers on the discs - no wheels fitted. I guess that they took a good
car, removed the road wheels, measured the angles of the discs and said "make them all the same as this."
It might not be a bad idea to do this for a kit as when you bolt the suspension to the bare chassis you can set the geometry close to the requirements
and then just tweek it when it's on its wheels.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 11/8/05 at 08:06 AM |
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What difference does having the wheels fitted or not make!??
As long as the vehicle is level, and the weight of the vehicle is distributed as it would be with the wheels on, then it makes no odds.
That gauge looks great. The trouble with the cheap "string type" gauges is that a dink in a wheel can alter the readings quite
dramatically.
A magnetic gauge on a brake disc sounds like a very useful idea, in fact, I think I'll get one!
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