How to do a wheel alignment...
 

Anyone got any links or tips on how to do a wheel alignment on an RC car?
What tools are necessary? I don't race and desire perfection...but getting the car to run a straight line would be nice.
Thanks, Adam

RE: How to do a wheel alignment...
 

Other than working on a level, flat surface, always remember to do this with your battery pack in the car as an unweighted car will set up differently than one that is fully loaded.

- To adjust the <u>toe-in/toe-out</u>, the essential tools are:Tape measure or Ruler, and depending on your vehicle the appropriate Turnbuckle Adjusting tool/wrench. Compare the measurement taken at the outer edge (or middle seam) of the tires at the front of the tires, and compare it to the measurement obtained at the rear of the front tires. A small amount, 1/8th of an inch, of toe-out is usually preferable, and allows the car to track straight easier. (Toe-out is when the distance measure between tires is greater in front than it is in the rear. Toe-in is the oppposite).
- To adjust the <u>camber angle</u>, the essential tool is a camber guage (several companies make these, Proline, Duratrax). Most kits have a starting point or factory settinglisted in their instruction/user manual. A small amount, a few degrees (2 or 3),of negative camber (tires leaning in if looking from the top of the vehicle)is usually preferable.


* As far as specific links goes, I'm sure there out there on a veritable plethora of websites. A simple Google search should find them for you.

RE: How to do a wheel alignment...
 

i am new to rc, a year and a half. so i dont know somethings. but i dont understand toe-out. i do know what toe-out and toe-in are course i know things that work for 1:1 trucks may not work for scale trucks.

RE: How to do a wheel alignment...
 

Previous post edited to denote difference between toe-in and toe-out.

RE: How to do a wheel alignment...
 

ok i found that a pool table works good for setting alignment. how ever i put thin cardboard down so as not to get the felt dirty. now this has to be a realy heavy table, the really good ones are flat, and level.

RE: How to do a wheel alignment...
 

That works great for those few of you that have a pool table in your home, meanwhile for the rest of us the kitchen table (or even coffee table) or any other relatively level flat surface will suffice. http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/js/f...wink_smile.gif

RE: How to do a wheel alignment...
 

true not everyone has a pool table. a good dinning table should work fine. iam in the middle of putting the trans out of my jato back together. sure are a lot of parts in there. good news trans is together, it wasnt as hard as i thought. course having a exploded view helps