It´s like a pizza with EVERYTHING !! aligment, math and woodworking in a bite size class, THANKS !!

@LakesideAutobody

Жыл бұрын

Nice analogy - thanks James - have a good week :)

I have the same tool but under a different brand. I've used it a couple times and then I forgot bout it, till now. Have a great week!

Going to have to get one of those. Gravel roads here in Manitoba this winter just have me flinching every trip out. Kills shocks, bruises tires, knocks subframes into next week and messes up alignments. Thanks for this, probably not going to be aligning stuff myself but this can be my early warning tool. Like a dipstick for engine oil.

Thank you Jerry for sharing this tool with us absolutely a tool for the future for the toolbox great job as always

@LakesideAutobody

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Luis. I appreciate the kind works - thanks for watching :)

Nice job on reviewing the caster camber gauge Jerry. It looks like you have a good understanding of math too! Practical applications make math attractive to people who might otherwise shy away from it. Good job!

@LakesideAutobody

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes math comes in handy. Like the 3,4,5 rule - that guy comes in real handy when squaring up a deck to the house - getting that first board perfectly square to the house. Always a pleasure hearing from you Bluesman - Jerry

Thank you Jerry, I like that tool!

Nice job buddy! I appreciate you doing the math for us. Geometry was never my strong suit in highschool.

@LakesideAutobody

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome HE - Happy Holidays 🍗🥧❄🎄😊

Nice demo. Never knew there was such a device.

This is great. I just bought the same item, then found your video! I put a new steering rack on my pickup, and new upper control arms with balljoints. I must've had it set okay using just a level for camber, then a 2x4 on jackstands for toe adjustment. The tires haven't worn in several months. I'm about to do lower balljoints because they have play. I'll just set it with this when I'm done. I've found that alignment shops only want to sell me suspenion work. Guys who do their own work are not a cash cow for alignment techs. Any shadetree can do a satisfactory alignment just knowing the particular vehicle specs.

@LakesideAutobody

Жыл бұрын

👍🛠✌

Had a front wheel alignment done by a tire shop with an accurate precision laser machine. I checked their results with the same tool in this video. The caster measurement DOES NOT need to multiplied by 1.5 and the tool displayed the same angular measurement of 4.7 degrees!!! BTW, 1 degree = 60' = 3600".

@LakesideAutobody

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking that out - nice job. Others will appreciate the comment too for sure :)

Elementary, My dear Watson 😮

Damn finally reverse tan being used properly and i forgot it since hs 😂

@LakesideAutobody

4 ай бұрын

👍👍💯 See..... you actually can use math in the real world. I've used it about 3 times in life where it really helped 🤔

Love the vids but I just eyeball my alignment and drive it to the shop about 3 miles away so they can use the laser gear,

Cool I’ve got the non-digital budget version. Used it and it kinda tells you a ballpark figure. Problem is the fancy new cars have no adjustments.🙄. You kinda eyeball aftermarket shim things based on some magnet gizmo.🤷‍♂️

@bw1841

Жыл бұрын

Right I learned that my 2004 INFINITI G has no camber or caster adjustments. You fix those by replacing control arms or bushings that are worn out. Then it's right. Then you pay for a whole alignment just to adjust toe...

set the toe and let it go,all I need is a tape measure,I can eyeball the rest

@The_R-n-I_Guy

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, I replaced my entire steering and suspension and set it all up myself. Had new tires put on and a year later they still look new.

@nahyoxsoldier3264

Жыл бұрын

You didn't do camber, you just did the tore and tires didn't wear out?

@rcs0296

Жыл бұрын

@@nahyoxsoldier3264 believe it or not,alignment machines are a newer concept,the people that taught me were some of the first people to use an alignment rack

How much can it effect caster measurement if you don't use a slip plate when moving tires back and forth? My thought for DYI'ers if performing on garage floor, spread out a small amount of very fine sand under the tires so when you turn them back and forth to perform caster measurement, they slide on the sand with out 'sticking' to the floor.

@LakesideAutobody

Жыл бұрын

Good idea - seems like it would work :)

@eegg6954

Жыл бұрын

Use plastic bag with oil in it.

You need to multiply the "caster" measurement you have shown by 1.5 to get the true caster angle as would be measured on an alignment machine. If you look at bubble gauges, the scale is 1.5 times larger on the caster scale compared with the camber scale. Otherwise a good instructional video. Thanks.

@bw1841

Жыл бұрын

I'm a beginner but I'm not sure I can agree with that statement. A degree of angle change is a degree of angle change. If the digital measures that, then it's measured. The bubble gauges have more degrees change available in the caster bubble just for the capability. The camber scales are less degrees available to give more precision. I'm sure the arc of the glass tube in each is adjusted for the different scale. It still measures degrees of angle change. I'll bet both scales show the same degree change- until the camber scale runs out of range. Cheers.

@CoroPlanesLLC

Жыл бұрын

@@bw1841 Schnitzer is correct. It is a trigonometry math equation. If you measure the angle of the caster at 90 degrees, you would not have to do any math. You turn the wheel out 20 degrees and zero the reading so that when you turn the wheel in 20 degrees, you get the difference between the out and in reading at exactly 20 degrees. Then multiply that by 1.432 (1.5 is the industry standard) and get the true angle. The farther the wheel is turned, the higher the gauge would have read. You can do the same thing by turning the wheel 15 degrees in each direction, but then you have to multiply by 2 because your measured reading is lower by not turning the wheel as far. There are digital gauges that do the math for you, but they have a caster button on them. you turn the wheel out 20 degrees, press the caster button, then turn the wheel in 20 degrees and get the true reading calculated for you, but this one is only an angle finder and it does not do the math for you.

@jimdandy849

Жыл бұрын

@@CoroPlanesLLC This is an excellent explanation and a very helpful answer. It's exactly what I needed to know to complete my alignment with a simple castor bubble gauge.

Good day, Great brief Vid. and purchased the tool. Just did not understand "zero the guage in relation to the video" as the camera close up does not show what you are doing or how to do it., please explain for those of us whome are challanged. thank you.

@LakesideAutobody

Жыл бұрын

If your vehicle is setting on un level ground, you want to set your tool to the same un levelness :) Follow the instructions or the video to set your tool to the same plane as the car or truck. Let me know if that makes sense :)

@JDorow-co2dc

Ай бұрын

@LakesideAutobody when setting the Guage to the same "plane" as the vehicle, you are setting it to the plane - left to right or front to back?

If I understand, you don't have to measure the floor angle when doing camber check because, you zeroed it perpendicular to the earth with a bubble level for instance, first.?

@LakesideAutobody

Күн бұрын

It was zeroed perpendicular to what the car was sitting on - in this case a 4 post lift - think it was shown near the beginning of the video :)

When he did the caster measurement, did he forget to multiply the 4.4 degrees by 1.5 like it is suggested in other videos? Or when he leveled the tool, did it factor that in?

@LakesideAutobody

5 ай бұрын

I think when you level and zero the tool out you're good - you don't have to multiply by 1.5. Were they using the exact same tool? Could be that their tool can't be zeroed out?

Do you have to calibrate it first on a spirit level?

@LakesideAutobody

Жыл бұрын

No - you will "Zero" it out in relation to the level of the vehicle. You can set it on the floor, car lift posts, what ever works best for your situation.

What if the rotor is warped, how do you measure something like that? thank you

@LakesideAutobody

10 ай бұрын

I don't think it would make a difference. Usually a "warped" rotor is not really warped, it is microscopically thicker in one spot. When you come off of an expressway at 80 and hit the brakes, then hold the pads against the screaming hot rotor, it can "absorb" some of the pads. That thick spot ends up getting worse and worse obviously because it causes a hot spot right there - more friction every time you brake. At least that's what I read so... at any rate - it's a very small measurement. :)

Can you explain what you mean by ‘zero the gauge in relation to the vehicle’?

@LakesideAutobody

Жыл бұрын

Yes. When you zero the gauge out in relation to the vehicle, you are putting the gauge in the same plane or "world" as the truck or car. In other words if the vehicle is not perfectly level, that's OK, we can set the gauge to that same "unlevelness". If that don't make sense ask again :)

@gordonhenderson1965

3 ай бұрын

This is tricky, assuming the ground is the same plane under all four wheels. Concrete will usually be the most level but even then might not be perfect (forget about your asphalt driveway!!). If the spot of ground you use to zero out the gauge is out of plane with the ground directly under the other three wheels you might have a problem. You'll still have this problem if you zero out on the ground by each tire. Realistically, setting it once should apply to all four adjustments, but real world? I dunno. This is why laser alignments will never be matched in the wild, they create their own plane.

Where did you get the small metal plate to attach to the hub?

@LakesideAutobody

11 ай бұрын

It is a measuring gauge block (example) www.ebay.com/itm/225290642107?chn=ps&var=524268869458&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A1n6eVlw8RS_q9lEA02K7xAw81&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-

@alicenfred

2 ай бұрын

@@LakesideAutobody How did you attach it to the hub, magnet?

What did you make your triangle out of?

@LakesideAutobody

2 ай бұрын

Just a basic piece of plywood - 3/4"

But would this work if the furnace is on? I don't like to work in 20°.......JK.... Looks like a handy tool.

I get a Tan -1 reading of these numbers as 35 not 20

@LakesideAutobody

Жыл бұрын

Make sure the calculator is set to degrees and not radians - let me know if that works for you :)

@esroot12

Жыл бұрын

@@LakesideAutobody I have an old Ti-81-THAT DID THE TRICK. Go into MODE, select degrees instead of radians, then proceed to enter exactly as you have written down here on the math. Thank you!

@LakesideAutobody

Жыл бұрын

@@esroot12 You're welcome - should have been a math teacher maybe. Glad it worked 😊