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ebay camber and castor gauges

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hayesey:
Has anyone tried one of the (relatively cheap) camber/castor/kingpin gauges from ebay:

https://goo.gl/4RKEqZ

I'm wanting something I can reasonably accurately measure and set both camber and castor angles. I would use it with a camber bar. Just wondering if this is worth paying extra for over a cheap camber gauge that can be had for about £20.

hayesey:
this ebay auction shows the camber bar & cheaper camber gauge I mean:

https://goo.gl/qtwhg1

Yoof:
You're better off getting one with 3 points of contact mate - easier to use and much more repeatable, if you build the framework yourself like one of these:



https://www.msar.co.uk/chassis-setup-tools/longacre-digital-caster-camber-gauge-with-acculevel-quick-set-adapter.html

Then just buy an inclinometer, you can use it for putting up shelves too then  ;)

hayesey:
hmm, you have to keep that held in place just by hand though?  I assume you'd use the inclinometer in one axis to get the frame to 90deg from the floor and then flip the inclinometer 90deg in the horizontal axis to measure the camber?  Shame they don't just sell that frame on it's own!  Looks fairly easy to make though.

I do like to run a bit of negative camber on the utility room shelves to keep the washing powder well planted.

hayesey:
oh actually you can buy it on it's own, but it's a oner:

https://frsport.com/longacre-78428-quickset-adapter

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