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:



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=009...

IHTH someone!