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W113 Pagoda SL Group => Drive train, fuel, suspension, steering & brakes => Topic started by: 66andBlue on July 13, 2010, 05:01:35

Title: A. Dalton's camber tool
Post by: 66andBlue on July 13, 2010, 05:01:35

A few years back A. Dalton described a $5 camber tool that he made (http://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=2661.0).
Unfortunately the link to his picture is dead. Anybody out there who has a copy?
The tool was copied also by Jim Villers (http://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=3903).
Jim do you have a photo of your tool that you can post?
I would like to make one and check the suspension on my car.
Thanks!

Title: Re: A. Dalton's camber tool
Post by: Naj ✝︎ on July 13, 2010, 15:42:33

This one Alfred?

naj

Title: Re: A. Dalton's camber tool
Post by: 66andBlue on July 13, 2010, 15:53:06

Thank you Naj!
Now comes the task to learn how to use it.  ???

Title: Re: A. Dalton's camber tool
Post by: jeffc280sl on July 13, 2010, 16:09:13

Hi Alfred,

I made one and it's easy to use.  Using a level I notched the copper with a razor blade where the plumb bob rested to mark 0 degrees.  Similarly I placed a marks at 1/8 inch intervals to act as the half degree references.

Simply place the tool against the edge of the steel wheel to read positive or negative camber on your scale.

Title: Re: A. Dalton's camber tool
Post by: 66andBlue on July 13, 2010, 20:05:32

Hi Jeff,
thanks for the encouragement. Unfortunately, it isn't just the tool but there is also a translation problem.
Where do I find a "plumb bob" .. should I talk to MacDonald customers.  ???  For sure it cannot  be Bob P.  ;)
Seriously, sometimes these technical phrases act like monkey wrenches for me.  So, what is it?

Title: Re: A. Dalton's camber tool
Post by: Naj ✝︎ on July 13, 2010, 20:25:23

Hi, Alfred,

You can make one or get one from your local hardware store:

A plumb-bob or a plummet is a weight, usually with a pointed tip on the bottom, that is suspended from a string and used as a vertical reference line, or plumb-line.
The instrument has been used in since at least the time of the ancient Egypt[1] to ensure that constructions are "plumb", or vertical. It is also used in surveying to establish the nadir with respect to gravity of a point in space. They are used with a variety of instruments (including levels, theodolites, and steel tapes) to set the instrument exactly over a fixed survey marker, or to transcribe positions onto the ground for placing a marker

Title: Re: A. Dalton's camber tool
Post by: 66andBlue on July 13, 2010, 20:36:04

Hi Naj,
that thing is known to me in English as a "plummet".
Now I understand -  when a plummet is hollow and air tight then it becomes a bobber and is useful for fishing!  ;D

Title: Re: A. Dalton's camber tool
Post by: jeffc280sl on July 13, 2010, 20:49:09

Alfred,

I don't know if any MacDonald's customers would know but you could ask SpoungBob about a PlumbBob.