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Old 09-07-2010, 05:14 PM
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I'm still searching through my SD cards for those other photo's - it will probably be quicker to go and stage some new ones...

Anyway - does any one have any thoughts on the brakes on / brakes off issue?

Should brakes be applied when measuring on slip plates or not?

I got the feeling that allowing a little bit of movement on the wheels when measuring caster (with the turn the wheel by 20 degrees method) gave a more "realistic" wheel position. The point of wheel / slip plate contact only seemed to be about 20mm further round on the circumference - take a look at the photo in step 9 (post #10) there's a bit of masking tape with marks on it - I was tracking the movement you see...
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