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Originally Posted by capt jack
Thanks Dave.
Yes, the steering feels great now. The manager at National was very open, saying that setting up wheel alignment especially on older cars can be tricky. Suspension settles a bit, bolts can be hard to undo, and sometimes it takes them a couple of goes to get it right.
He did sort of blame the technology - the whizzy new computerised 4-wheel system is apparently extremely sensitive, and he prefers using the older generation of light beams. He said that the new technology is so sensitive that even the vibration through the ramp from the car's engine running can affect the readout. Also he's nowhere to hide as the system has a display in the waiting area, and you're given a printout of the result - which displays the angles to the nearest minute of arc.
As someone who's having to adapt to new technology at work too I can sympathise!
Cheers
Jack
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Sometimes new technology is way too sensitive for older things, not just cars. I've often thought of designing and building my own vacuum guage but most of the sensors are so sensitive they'd show every little fluctuation of the engine, especially on a digital display. I have found a solution though and it's using a modern MAP sensor coupled to an analogue meter, just finding the time (and enthusiasm!) to actually build it now! I already have another one that uses one of the cars own sensors with an LED bargraph display built that ~10 years ago but haven't fitted it yet! That's more because i don't have anywhere to put it than anything else though!
There's a lot to be said for using analogue measuring kit on an analogue adjustment (such as steering) and digital kit on a digital adjustment.
