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| Tweet Topic Started: May 29 2016, 10:17 AM (688 Views) | |
| fainya | May 29 2016, 10:17 AM Post #1 |
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I got tires of having tape measures bend and flex when trying to check toe in by myself. So with a 6' piece of 1/4 square tubing, some wire ties, and an old beat up tape measure I Made a Toe in stick. ![]() I drilled the end of the stick for a 1/8" split pin that I sue to grab the tire tread with. I wire tied the tape measure to the 1/4" square tubing. Electrical tape the ends to the tubing so you don't cut yourself on the sharp ends of the tape measure. I made the toe in stick long enough to be able to check toe in on my larger trucks. ![]() You can buy something like this from Eastwood, but I didn't think it was worth over $100.00. |
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| freegeo | May 29 2016, 10:44 AM Post #2 |
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No pics? |
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| Silver2K | May 29 2016, 12:45 PM Post #3 |
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| fainya | May 30 2016, 03:03 AM Post #4 |
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What did I do wrong on posting the pictures? |
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| davegran | May 30 2016, 06:40 AM Post #5 |
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Old Fart w/Wrenches
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When I do an alignment, I construct a reference rectangle around the car using my aluminum straight edges. They are both equidistant from the centerline of the car to avoid dogtracking down the road. A toe bar doesn't take this into account. Once the straight edges are in place, I can measure from them to the front and rear of the wheels to find the individual amount of toe on each wheel.
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| Silver2K | May 30 2016, 10:34 AM Post #6 |
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Your image hosting account has different links depending on the end user. The links you provided were for a picture to show up on a twitter account. I used the links for "image". image: http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/ah224/Fainya/Cars/IMG_4216_zpsamco8fpv.jpg twitter: http://s1381.photobucket.com/user/Fainya/media/Cars/IMG_4216_zpsamco8fpv.jpg.html?o=1 |
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| iveyjh | May 30 2016, 11:24 PM Post #7 |
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I do the same but with string and jack stands. |
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