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Message started by Digger on 07/08/07 at 20:20:58

Title: Cheap Rear Wheel Alignment Tool
Post by Digger on 07/08/07 at 20:20:58

I couldn't find the recent thread, but someone was having problems with a mis-aligned rear wheel.

I was thus inspired to check my alignment (my bike is in my signature). Found it to be off by a full turn of an adjusting screw! (It goes without saying that you can't trust the index marks on the swingarm.)

I used this the compare the distance from the swingarm pivot to the middle of the rear axle on both sides of the wheel:

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/3983/beamcompassezk6.jpg

I got my beam compass for about five or six bucks at Sears:

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?cat=Hand+Tools%2C+Carpentry&pid=00939947000&vertical=TOOL&subcat=Levels+%26+Protractors&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes

IHTH someone!