Methods to weigh front wheels separately [message #251036] |
Fri, 30 May 2014 15:17 |
Tilerpep
Messages: 404 Registered: June 2013 Location: Raleigh, NC
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Hi all, with drive train shaping up, turning attention to suspension. I know my front ride height is an inch too low. It is level, meaning both sides are an inch too low, with rear set at correct height with air suspension. Dave Lenzi has been a big help to talk to and recommended that I actually weigh the load on each front wheel to aim for balance as I adjust it. I haven't found a shop around Raleigh that has any capacity to do each side separately. Do you all have recommendations for a place, person, or a club that has done this? There are some folks on the black list that have noted if they have a bearing tool (something I am going to ask for next/soon) but I haven't seen anyone make note of a scale. If appropriate you can respond on the forum, or PM me if that would be better.
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Tyler
1975 Glenbrook, 1978 Royale rear bath
Raleigh, NC
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Re: Methods to weigh front wheels separately [message #251038 is a reply to message #251036] |
Fri, 30 May 2014 15:22 |
Ken Burton
Messages: 10030 Registered: January 2004 Location: Hebron, Indiana
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If you are willing to drive to Knoxville, contact Chuck Boyd. He has my scales right now and could probably do what you need right now before he returns my scales. He knows how to do the job and was doing a couple of coaches when I left his place just after Bean Station.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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Re: Methods to weigh front wheels separately [message #251044 is a reply to message #251036] |
Fri, 30 May 2014 16:06 |
Bob de Kruyff
Messages: 4260 Registered: January 2004 Location: Chandler, AZ
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Tilerpep wrote on Fri, 30 May 2014 14:17Hi all, with drive train shaping up, turning attention to suspension. I know my front ride height is an inch too low. It is level, meaning both sides are an inch too low, with rear set at correct height with air suspension. Dave Lenzi has been a big help to talk to and recommended that I actually weigh the load on each front wheel to aim for balance as I adjust it. I haven't found a shop around Raleigh that has any capacity to do each side separately. Do you all have recommendations for a place, person, or a club that has done this? There are some folks on the black list that have noted if they have a bearing tool (something I am going to ask for next/soon) but I haven't seen anyone make note of a scale. If appropriate you can respond on the forum, or PM me if that would be better.
Thanks,
Tyler
If you can't locate individual wheel scales, you may be able to move onto a commercial scale diagonally so that just one wheel is on the scale at a time.
Bob de Kruyff
78 Eleganza
Chandler, AZ
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Re: Methods to weigh front wheels separately [message #251055 is a reply to message #251044] |
Fri, 30 May 2014 18:20 |
Tilerpep
Messages: 404 Registered: June 2013 Location: Raleigh, NC
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Driving cockeyed onto the scales was also suggested by the local truck collision center I called. Am I correct to think that it would not tell me an accurate combined weight, but it should provide a reasonable comparison as to their balance? Sounds like a lot of shimmying around with big rigs honking behind me!
1975 Glenbrook, 1978 Royale rear bath
Raleigh, NC
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Re: Methods to weigh front wheels separately [message #251057 is a reply to message #251055] |
Fri, 30 May 2014 18:34 |
Bob de Kruyff
Messages: 4260 Registered: January 2004 Location: Chandler, AZ
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Tilerpep wrote on Fri, 30 May 2014 17:20Driving cockeyed onto the scales was also suggested by the local truck collision center I called. Am I correct to think that it would not tell me an accurate combined weight, but it should provide a reasonable comparison as to their balance? Sounds like a lot of shimmying around with big rigs honking behind me!
If the surface is level then you should get a close actual weight as well as a good comparison. I see many scales at truck stops that sit mostly empty.
Bob de Kruyff
78 Eleganza
Chandler, AZ
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