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Old 04-24-2009, 01:43 PM
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Well the Harbour reight over in Buffalo has the angle checker but they said the alignment tool has been discontinued.
I will pick up the digital angle tool on the way through to Hershey tonight and build my Dracometer. I will post how it goes.
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Ice, the alignment tool is web order only and is delivered to your house. In my opinion it is worth the money (12.99), especially considering that it is cheaper than just about anything else you can use to do the same job. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=30167
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Thanks I will keep that in mind. I doubt they will ship to Canada but I have some friends in the US that thay may ship to . I will ask while at the store..
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Is it a pain to ship to Canada? I know they used Fed Ex on mine.
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Originally Posted by theiceman
Well the Harbour reight over in Buffalo has the angle checker but they said the alignment tool has been discontinued.
Several people were severely maimed and are sueing. It was then pulled off the market.
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yes, but we love to live dangerously.
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Shipping to Canada is just a money maker for UPS in duties clearing charges and fees , and a pain for vendors as they have to fillout customs papaerwork ...
good news is I have the angle guage .. So i have anew project , er ,, after i finsh respraying and mounting my fuchs, and after I install the short shifter I got at hershey, and after I make my air filter cover ( i got one for 5.00 at hershey to cut up and play with ) .
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Ice, last week I replaced the bushings on my front suspension, and used one of those analog angle gauges to check the camber.

I think if I can get a digital level, rather than an angle gauge, I might get a tad more accuracy. I dunno, still pondering that.....
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well I have thw angle guage .. the problem is it neds to be calibrated and were talking half a degree incremements for cambre. I you have one of those laser levels to calibrate against your fine. This i think is the most important part. of course you can calibrate against anything floating in water too as that would be accurate.
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I got a digital level from Sears, and man that thing is precise! I will need it to replace the rear suspension bushings, but the nice thing is it has a built in laser as well as a boss for tripod mounting. I can use it around the house and at $50 it's priced right.



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