Rosco
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| posted on 29/8/08 at 11:36 AM |
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Wheel Alignment
I'm starting to think about wheel alignement prior to fitting the body to my Fury. The body position appears to rely on using the wheels as
reference points for positioning both the rear tub and bonnet, and I know the alignment is currently a mile out.
I wondered how people approached wheel alignement on a vehicle is not in a suitable state to take to someone with specialist measuring equipment.
I've heard people say that you can do it with bits of wood, string, protractors..etc. but am not convinced.
On the same subject - apparently I need a 1.5 deg negative camber - does this mean the wheels lean in or out?
Thanks
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 29/8/08 at 12:06 PM |
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I did it by standing 20 yards in front of the car and tweaking til it looked right! 
certainly did for SVA and must have got it quite good because it handles well, does not pull to one side and has the small amount of self centering
requiresd for SVA...
I was my intention to get it tracked properly as soon as it was road legal.... however 600 miles on and I just haven't got around to it oops!
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 29/8/08 at 07:20 PM |
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If you make up a trammel gauge from six feet of spare 25x25 erw, you can set the tracking, camber to a very high degree of accuracy. A length of
builders line will get your thrustline checked, its castor which is more difficult with home made stuff, but it is not adjustable anyway
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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zetec7
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| posted on 29/8/08 at 08:53 PM |
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With negative camber, the tops of the wheels lean in towards each other...
http://www.freewebs.com/zetec7/
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