Wheel Alignment Jig
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Wheel Alignment Jig
Just knocked this up in 20 minutes in the man cave for £30 and works a treat
Very accurate wheel Alignment and no need to rely on the inaccurate swing arm marks.
Very accurate wheel Alignment and no need to rely on the inaccurate swing arm marks.
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Re: Wheel Alignment Jig
Man that bike's in chuffing good nick, it's a credit to you Blade
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Re: Wheel Alignment Jig
Cheers Monty very nice of you to say so
11 years old now and still looking good Personal I know but one of the best looking bikes ever imo.
11 years old now and still looking good Personal I know but one of the best looking bikes ever imo.
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Re: Wheel Alignment Jig
I used to worry myself stupid about rear wheel alignment! Out of curosity how far off were the swingarm marks? That bike is scary clean! I feel I should clean mine now!
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Re: Wheel Alignment Jig
The SP has a fabricated and machined swing arm Andy and susequently the standard marks are pretty dam accurate (didn't know this this until I used the jig to verify it though) but it's useful on the kawasaki who are not Honda accurate with there markings.
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Re: Wheel Alignment Jig
Nice job. I made one up once from two pieces similar to that but never did get the threaded bar to fit inbetween.
Now all my bikes are single side swingarms so need for them.
Now all my bikes are single side swingarms so need for them.
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Re: Wheel Alignment Jig
Dam Blade 11 years old and that is looking stunning! If you ever were to sell the buyer would be very lucky
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Re: Wheel Alignment Jig
Totally understandable. It costs more to rectify problems than too just keep on top of it all and stop the problems from occuring!! Top job mate
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Re: Wheel Alignment Jig
String method is cheaper yes but its not as quick, not as easy and not as accurate. Only cost £30 so money very well spent imo.
Everyone else seems to agree it ls a good piece of kit and I'm happy with it
Everyone else seems to agree it ls a good piece of kit and I'm happy with it
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Re: Wheel Alignment Jig
How is not as accurate? Surely a drawn piece of string is straight? You're relying on those bars you're using to be true.
If you don't want a discussion that's fair enough.
If you don't want a discussion that's fair enough.
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Re: Wheel Alignment Jig
IMHO a piece of string can be pulled out of true, creating an inaccurate measure point.Kwacky wrote:How is not as accurate? Surely a drawn piece of string is straight? You're relying on those bars you're using to be true.
If you don't want a discussion that's fair enough.
Blades lengths of 20mm box section are fastened within the radius of the wheel, so (as long as the bolts are not ridiculously over-tightened) they should always lay true to the rear wheel.
Until he bends one of the poles.
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Re: Wheel Alignment Jig
I'm being thick (it happens a lot with mechanical stuff) How can string be pulled not true? Do you mean not straight?
Please bear in mind you're dealing with someone who always thought a Philip's Screwdriver belonged to his brother.
Please bear in mind you're dealing with someone who always thought a Philip's Screwdriver belonged to his brother.
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Re: Wheel Alignment Jig
I'd go with the string, being non-ferrous you don't have to make any allowance for magnetic north
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