Camber gauge?

[scooby-93]

How accurate will this be?

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/SAVE-GARAGE...-Camber-Caster-Gauge-/331612568166?nav=SEARCH

I can get my toe adjusted for free from a mate but they don't have camber gauges, so was wondering if this could be used and will be accurate enough to do before I get the toe done?

 

[NorthloopCup]

How accurate will this be?

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/SAVE-GARAGE...-Camber-Caster-Gauge-/331612568166?nav=SEARCH

I can get my toe adjusted for free from a mate but they don't have camber gauges, so was wondering if this could be used and will be accurate enough to do before I get the toe done?

Yeah it'll be pretty accurate mate. The biggest issue is getting it through the wheel to sit on the disc. Then your issue is the lip on the disc to be aware of.

 

[bloke]

and the fact that your floor may be miles off level!!

i use one, handy enough, can get you close ish enough.

 

[Adam G]

Might be worth an alignment straight after to compare for future reference.

 

[NorthloopCup]

Might be worth an alignment straight after to compare for future reference.

Yeah good shout.

 

[NorthloopCup]

and the fact that your floor may be miles off level!!

i use one, handy enough, can get you close ish enough.

I used a big digi spirit level on my garage floor to measure diagonally and it's unbelievably level. I think it was something like 0.2/0.3 across the diagonal, so pretty good.

 

[bloke]

I used a big digi spirit level on my garage floor to measure diagonally and it's unbelievably level. I think it was something like 0.2/0.3 across the diagonal, so pretty good.

will have to check mine where my ramp is, think it will be that far out it will be measured in inches!!!

 

[scooby-93]

Yeah it'll be pretty accurate mate. The biggest issue is getting it through the wheel to sit on the disc. Then your issue is the lip on the disc to be aware of.

Carnt I remove the wheel and put the gauge on the hub etc or will that be a different reading to what it would be with the wheel on?

 

[NorthloopCup]

Carnt I remove the wheel and put the gauge on the hub etc or will that be a different reading to what it would be with the wheel on?

No mate because you won't get the same reading as if the car is on its wheels. You need the car sat under its own weight to get a correct reading.

 

[Mini182]

They are ok for the price.

You are better off getting on that will calibrate itself to the level of the floor though.

 

[Budgie]

Spirit level app on the iphone will be just as accurate. Block of wood across the wheel rim, iphone onto that.

Tried and tested method TBH.

 

[NorthloopCup]

Spirit level app on the iphone will be just as accurate. Block of wood across the wheel rim, iphone onto that.

Tried and tested method TBH.

This is now my weapon of choice tbh. It's pretty accurate as well in all fairness.

 

[scooby-93]

Thanks for all the replies, yeah think I'll just download the spirt level app on my phone and see how I get on

 

[Budgie]

This is now my weapon of choice tbh. It's pretty accurate as well in all fairness.

Yep. @Sir_Dave and i used it on his old track car years ago. Set to -2.5' or whatever it was. Hunter checked a few weeks later and was impressed with the results!

 

[Sir_Dave]

Yep. @Sir_Dave and i used it on his old track car years ago. Set to -2.5' or whatever it was. Hunter checked a few weeks later and was impressed with the results!

Yup, works perfectly well!!
I actually bought one like the one in the OP last year, but the iPhone/plank of wood is far easier to use & seemed more accurate.
Clio camber was fairly easy tbh, fit camber bolts, set to max negative 😂
Mini is much harder, set the meister r's to max negative and the wheels would be horizontal lol

 

[alistairolsen]

I've got one and tbh unless your disks are new and you're on old school 5 spokes, it doesnt work. I stuck mine to a length of steel bar which sits accross the wheel rim edges, and checked the wheel rims for run out with a dial gauge, but tbh, you're as well with a spirit level and a measuring tape.