| Alignment Math??? [message #78427] |
Mon, 29 March 2010 11:28  |
g.winger
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Location: Warrenton,Missouri
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Finally!!! got the front wheels on and on the ground. Am in the process of setting height. Now for the math. Got one of those 3 bubble caster-camber tools. Need to turn the wheels 20 to the right-left. Don't remember that cosine-sine-tang. junk. BUt,,,, its basickly a triangle. I attached a 4' long angle to two lugnuts. How far will it sweep??? 20 degrees,,, solving for the oppisite side. Tanjent of 20 is .364 X 36" would be about 13.1 inches of sweep,,,???YES?NO??. Or .364 X 40" = 14.56 inches. Does this sound correct???? Thanks,,,PL
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| Re: [GMCnet] Alignment Math??? [message #78435 is a reply to message #78427] |
Mon, 29 March 2010 12:00  |
GMCWiperMan
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Registered: December 2007
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Paul,
If you haven't read this technical paper from Hunter Engineering, you
should. In the section "Practical Caster Measurement", you'll find the
simplified formula for translating camber measurements to caster:
http://www.hunter.com/pub/undercar/2573T/index.htm
<http://www.hunter.com/pub/undercar/2573T/index.htm>
Ken H.
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Paul Leavitt <leavittpaul@yahoo.com>wrote:
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> Finally!!! got the front wheels on and on the ground. Am in the process of
> setting height. Now for the math. Got one of those 3 bubble caster-camber
> tools. Need to turn the wheels 20 to the right-left. Don't remember that
> cosine-sine-tang. junk. BUt,,,, its basickly a triangle. I attached a 4'
> long angle to two lugnuts. How far will it sweep??? 20 degrees,,, solving
> for the oppisite side. Tanjent of 20 is .364 X 36" would be about 13.1
> inches of sweep,,,???YES?NO??. Or .364 X 40" = 14.56 inches. Does this sound
> correct???? Thanks,,,PL
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