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Wheel alignment/tracking figures converted into degrees

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 3:35 pm
by dandywarhol
There's been a bit of discussion about wheel alignment on the Bongo and as most Service Centres use equipment which measures in degrees and minutes, I've converted it from linear.

The alignment has a tolerance of between -1mm (toe out) to 7mm (toe in) which equates to -5' (minutes) to 35'.

There are 60 minutes in a degree.

These converted figures are taken from the linear dimension in the pic.

I hope this clears up the misunderstanding and it can be used with any wheel size/profile :D

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Re: Wheel alignment/tracking figures converted into degrees

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 3:38 pm
by missfixit70
Nice one Dandy, may be worth sending on to Ian to include in the next factsheet update :wink:

Re: Wheel alignment/tracking figures converted into degrees

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:59 pm
by bigdaddycain
=D> =D> =D> Give that guy a single malt.... :wink: Cheers dandy!

Re: Wheel alignment/tracking figures converted into degrees

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:09 pm
by maxheadroom
bigdaddycain wrote:=D> =D> =D> Give that guy a single malt.... :wink: Cheers dandy!

only one :roll:

Re: Wheel alignment/tracking figures converted into degrees

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:31 pm
by bigdaddycain
:lol: yeah...i supped the rest of it! :lol:

Re: Wheel alignment/tracking figures converted into degrees

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:51 pm
by MountainGoat
Well Steve it looks like you will be wearing a kilt when you visit the Western Islands again next year. :shock: :oops: :D

Re: Wheel alignment/tracking figures converted into degrees

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:51 pm
by Grahame at work
Dandy,

I'm going back in a couple of weeks to get my settings checked after the adjustment last weekend (part of the service Laws Tyres offer) so I'll double check what units they measure in and what their book states.

I'll post anything interesting then.

Thanks Grahame