eric96ser

Here are the pictures of my camber gauge: http://sr20.net/v/eric/camber+tool/

I'm traveling tomorrow and working away from the office, so I won't be able to respond until late tomorrow or Wednesday. I'll bring mine to the convention also.

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Thomas Reynolds

Looks good Eric. Couple of suggestions though. You used 1/16 thick aluminum. I like the thicker 1/8 inch. If you look at some of the longer pieces at the hardware store, some of the 1/16 inch pieces have already been bent accidently. You want to ensure that the stock you are using is flat AND stays flat (i.e. gets bent in storage, dropped, etc)

Take the plastic ends off the swanson bubble level. I found that it is only level on the bottom of the unit and the plastic is uneven.

I also went back made a correction to my post earlier about subracting the metal piece of the unit, I thought you meant the wheel lip.

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98sr20ve

Looks good. I don't think that metal is 1/8 thick if not then my previous post about your corrected camber would be off a little. How thick is it? Then we can actually know your camber.

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eric96ser

This picture is the thickness of the metal.

98sr20ve

So .581-.054=.527 and .324-.054=.270. So thats 2.3 camber in the front and 1.2 in the back using the 13 inch scale. Right where I would expect the back of a B14 to be.

eric96ser

I made a new gauge. I shortened the rear part to 9", and made the bottom to top part longer. Now I can measure up to a 17" wheel.

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post more pictures on "how to" for the mechanically incline. going to tackle this weekend.

thanks

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veilside180sx

I'm making a trip to Lowe's today and going give this a go.=)

veilside180sx

Finished it...and it works like a charm

Thomas Reynolds

Here is my new DIY camber gauge:

I had thought of building one a couple years back but couldn't find that digital inclinometer cheap enough for my idea. As soon as I saw these came out at Sears I literally ran out and bought one to build it.

Sears item #00948292000 Mfr. model #48292

Thomas Reynolds

You can also use it to measure thrust.





You can ALSO use it to level the car!! I did. Here's how: I drove the car on the exact spot I wanted to take my measurements for alignment. I marked the floor, and found the center by crossing the four corners. I grabbed my camera tripod and screwed the level onto it. Then I leveled it to 0.0deg and pointed it to my big T square(as seen above) at each of the four corners finding the highest corner and raising the other three to match with 1/8" vinyl floor tiles. Done. 20 minutes tops.

You can hit the calibrate button while holding the level exactly 90deg so that when you measure camber it will show the actual value, i.e. 1.0deg, 1.3deg, 2.1deg and so on instead of subtracting the value you read from 90. It's not worth it to me, I just turn it on, throw it up there straight up and down (eyeball it), and subtract from 90.

pathfinder7

Wow, That is impressive. I will be getting your set up. Thank you
Ed

Will

I never got around to making the camber gauge, but this makes it so much better I will have to.

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fullahwickednez

I KNOW this is an old thread but it has great info.

Has anyone made a cheap solution for adjust just toe? In the B15 camber and caster aren't adjustable from factory, only the toe is.

Are the toe plates the best option?

fullahwickednez

google is a great thing!

I found this..do you guys see any flaws with it?