From: ET Lance-Gómez (etlance@execpc.com)
Date: Sat Aug 16 2003 - 13:39:07 PDT
What Jim describes is termed a trammel bar. Sometimes one can find them cheap because no one does this any more. It is all done with
alignment machines nowadays. I laugh at my last sentence because as the list has just read sometimes the old-fashioned way works well and
is very simple.
TED
James Shanks wrote:
> Most truck shops that align tires the old way you and Ram are
> describing that I have seen use a wooden bar with an adjustable piece using
> wood clamps modified for the purpose to hold the pointers. Once you set the
> pointers you don't have to worry about tape sag, though if you are careful
> the tape measure will work.
>
> Jim
>
> >Kerry
> >
> >
> >Marc Wrote -
> >Couple the miles with the extreme pavement heat in
> >some areas, and overall wear was not good.
> >The fronts were about 65% when I left. Now they are
> >just about junk. They chopped badly on the outsides
> >of their tread profile. This seams to be a common
> >issue with these trucks. My theory is that the 8-ply
> >bias tires roll under when turning causing this uneven
> >wear.
> >
> >
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> James Shanks
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> 1998 IMZ 8.103
> 1984 H-D FLHT-C
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