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Jul 24, 2010 8:36 am
Jul 24, 2010 8:36 am
Subject: Re: Front Axle Wedges?
Following Peter’s helpful suggestions, may I add some more thoughts?
I put “inclinometer” into eBay and it returned some great items for our needs. For example take a look at the Wixey digital angle gauge/inclinometer, item number 230498995472. Even more sophisticated is item 390219646848 called the “SlopeView” which includes a laser, though it is fairly expensive. These look like the right tools for measuring the castor angle of cars that handle well, and then comparing them with figures for a car that does not. This gives an absolute value which eliminates differences in the ‘set’ of the springs.
There is a YouTube video of the simple Wixey device at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhweDL3DiYM
I love clever tools and I’m tempted to buy something like this Wixey unit and try it out. Any one else got any thoughts?
Colin M34
Following Peter’s helpful suggestions, may I add some more thoughts?
I put “inclinometer” into eBay and it returned some great items for our needs. For example take a look at the Wixey digital angle gauge/inclinometer, item number 230498995472. Even more sophisticated is item 390219646848 called the “SlopeView” which includes a laser, though it is fairly expensive. These look like the right tools for measuring the castor angle of cars that handle well, and then comparing them with figures for a car that does not. This gives an absolute value which eliminates differences in the ‘set’ of the springs.
There is a YouTube video of the simple Wixey device at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhweDL3DiYM
I love clever tools and I’m tempted to buy something like this Wixey unit and try it out. Any one else got any thoughts?
Colin M34