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Default Advice requested from those of you who have successfully checkedcamber at home

On 10/12/2016 5:17 AM, John Harmon wrote:
nospam actually said:

But angles are the units that the manufacturer provides for toe while I'm
almost certainly going to measure toe with a distance measurement.


not if you want to do it correctly, you won't.


This article states that you can get as accurate at home as you need to:
http://www.superstreetonline.com/how...eel-alignment/

Here's how they measured toe-in, for example:
http://image.superstreetonline.com/f...ring_box. jpg

Notice they measured toe in linear measurements.

You might find these links useful

http://tinyurl.com/jdas8oy
http://tinyurl.com/jud2p3b

Note, if you alter camber, toe will alter and you will need to check and
adjust if required.

HTH

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