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Re: [GMCnet] Bent bogie arm [message #245701 is a reply to message #245690] Sat, 29 March 2014 18:49 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Ken Henderson is currently offline  Ken Henderson   United States
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Nothing wrong with y'all's method, but I prefer this: I bought two strong
round magnets with center holes from Harbor Freight. With two 18" or so
pieces of 5/16" all-thread (just make 'em "long enough"), 8 nuts and
washers, and some little homemade tabs (sort of like drink can tabs but
more sturdy aluminum), I assembled two pedestals. The nuts and washers
secure one end of the all-thread pieces to the magnets and mount a tab on
the opposite end at exactly the same distances from the base of the magnet.

With a pedestal stuck to the frame fore and aft of the rear wheels, a
string between the two tabs is exactly parallel to the frame rail. Measuring
toe of a wheel is a simple matter of measuring from the string to the fore
and aft extremes of the wheel rim.

Writing this took a lot longer than it takes to measure 4 wheels after
you've made the jigs.

JWID,

Ken H.

On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 5:04 PM, Ken Burton <n9cv@comcast.net> wrote:

>
>
> Jim,
>
> I'm not sure that we are measuring at the same point or surface. I'm
> trying to figure out how to explain this.
>
> The surface I am using is the flat surface that the wheel sits against
> when it is mounted. This means the straight edge sits crosswise between
> the bolts and above the center portion of the hub. We are then measuringthe difference of two contact points on the wheel mounting surface that are
> 5" to 8" apart.
> ...
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