Re: Home-brew wheel alignment 101...

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <0.98ea5d1b.253416e8@aol.com> OorQue@aol.com writes:

> Here is the chart I promised. It goes up to 6 degrees of camber. The way
> you use it is to look up the gap between the level and the rim at the
> top on the diameter rim you are using and look on the left column and find
> the number of degrees. I have included the tangent of the angle just for
> good measure.
>
>  deg      tan      17       16       15       14       13
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>  0.1  |  .0017   0.0297   0.0279   0.0262   0.0244   0.0227

So to measure the rear toe (5' of arc plus/minus 5' - 0.08 degree) on a
16" wheel you need to achieve 0.0223" +/- 0.0223"?

Twenty thou plus/minus twenty thou with a rig like that?  And that's
only to get within tolerance - doing it accurately you'd have to get
within five thou at least.

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 Phil Payne
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