Track Alignment Issues

[MatthewAMEL]

So…how was Roebling?

 

[soulsea]

So…how was Roebling?

Pics of your Blackwing in regular parking spots.

 

[Daijoubu]

How does a machine even measure caster? I get camber and toe, but how does a machine know what the geometry of the strut is?

 

[poor-sha]

How does a machine even measure caster? I get camber and toe, but how does a machine know what the geometry of the strut is?

You have to turn the wheel a specific number of degrees (usually 15) left and right of center. The machine measures the camber change as the wheel turns and that tells you the caster. It’s called a camber sweep.

You can do the same with the little camber gauges that you stick on the wheel and some turn plates.

 

[Daijoubu]

You have to turn the wheel a specific number of degrees (usually 15) left and right of center. The machine measures the camber change as the wheel turns and that tells you the caster. It’s called a camber sweep.

You can do the same with the little camber gauges that you stick on the wheel and some turn plates.

Ah, good to know.