string alignment

speedster356 Plastic not Classic Racing

1,624 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 13 Jun 2006, 8:27 pm

#500204

i've decided to have a go at my own wheel alignment. i've just built a set of these in aluminium. Has anyone used them in the past and any tips. I'm also looking for a small digital protractor to build a camber guage, anyone know of a cheap unit out there. Must be the scottish coming out in me......:P

[ Edited on 13-6-2006 by speedster356 ]

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Spyder-WISD 07-09-05 11.6s @ 125 MPH

Speedster-WISD Nats 05 14.4s @ 89 MPH

Jet cruiser-Coogee 22-09-05 900 deg C @ 110,000 rpm

Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals....................Except the Weasel.

VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 13 Jun 2006, 10:34 pm

#500276

Good idea - that'll work

beats doing it with lengths of timber on the driveway!

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pringa8 Seriously Crusin Dubber

132 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 23 Jun 2006, 11:08 am

#503978

String systems works well! That how we do alignments out on the track. We dont connect the string bars to the car though, we put them on stands away as you need to be able to move them around to get the strings in the right spot (measured of the axle nut).

Dont know about the digital protracter, just use a t-square!

speedster356 Plastic not Classic Racing

1,624 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 23 Jun 2006, 1:37 pm

#504016

I can see the advantage of having the strings mounted on a bar fixed to the car is that you should be able to move the car and not have to reset the distances from the axles again.

Spyder-WISD 07-09-05 11.6s @ 125 MPH

Speedster-WISD Nats 05 14.4s @ 89 MPH

Jet cruiser-Coogee 22-09-05 900 deg C @ 110,000 rpm

Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals....................Except the Weasel.

pringa8 Seriously Crusin Dubber

132 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 25 Jun 2006, 5:34 pm

#504713

True, hopefully it should work. Sounds like it would - in theory:P
(communism works, in theory! 😂