Alignment techniques

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.gmi.edu>]

Bob,
	A friend of mine is an engineer at Rockwell in Troy, where they 
do big truck suspension pieces.  They did a study two years ago to find 
out what was the best alignment method in terms of accuracy and 
repeatability.  Know what?  They found out that a sharp mechanic with 
some string, levels, and tape measures and calipers could do a much 
better job than the fancy laser systems!  I have done all of my own 
alignment since then with very good luck.  Note, that this is how many of 
the Indy teams do their alignments (basically)

Later,

Graydon D. Stuckey

'86 Audi 5000 CS Turbo Quattro		'83 Mazda RX7, SCCA Solo II F-Prepared
'83 Mazda RX7, street car		'85 Mazda RX7, street car
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