Thanks, just what I wanted! -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300
On August 14, 2015 3:41:18 PM EDT, fmiser via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> Max wrote: >> >> How do you measure toe-in that way? In other words, how do >> you calibrate the laser pointer? > >Trigonometry. And the fact that the 123 manual has the >toe-in spec in degrees. *smiles* But with a known tire >diameter and a toe-in "length" the angle can be calculated. > >Regarding calibrating the level, I used a 10ft piece of >Unistrut that my eyeball determined was straight. I measured >the height of the beam at the level and at 10 ft and figured >that was close enough. > >I wrote up a page on my process in a file called >w123-toein-alignment_howto_screen.pdf > >Find it at http://host-a.net/fmiser/ > > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
