 Leveling the tub, ...on a crooked garage floor |
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| TargaToy |
 Sep 8 2012, 09:11 AM
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I have a wavy concrete garage floor.
Has anyone ever carefully measured and leveled the tub (independent of the floor) so that you know the chasis is straight, only to measure your fender arches from the floor and find what looks like a twist? I'm feeling very paranoid because I've finished the structural repairs on the driver's side and am about to begin on the passenger's side. For curiosity, I took some measurements from the floor to the centers of the arches and here's what I found:  My measurements from the floor to the flanges on the rear suspension consoles are identical. At the front, the rear of the DS T-tube is 3/16" higher than the same measurement on the PS. I can shim that on the jack stand but I don't think that's going to bring the rear PS fender arch down or even out the fronts. I'm trying to borrow an 8' spirit level from a friend so that I can level both sides of the car and make sure they are parallel. ***What are good index points for establishing "parallel"? ***And also, back to the original question: can the frame be true and the arches not be, presuming that there hasn't been previous crash damage that required replacement of a panel? |
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TargaToy Leveling the tub Sep 8 2012, 09:11 AM
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I have a wavy concrete garage floor.
Has anyone ... Sep 8 2012, 10:48 AM underthetire See if you know some one with a rotary laser, perf... Sep 8 2012, 10:53 AM
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See if you know some one with a rotary laser, per... Sep 8 2012, 10:59 AM bulitt :agree: You need to measure off the suspension po... Sep 8 2012, 10:58 AM McMark Have you seen the chassis dimension diagrams? Cli... Sep 8 2012, 11:01 AM underthetire Nice thing about the rotary laser, doesn't mat... Sep 8 2012, 11:04 AM Bartlett 914 You can easily make a level using a bucket of wate... Sep 8 2012, 11:05 AM Joe Sharp Excuse me but if I may interupte at this point. Ha... Sep 8 2012, 09:01 PM edwin i've just been through this with my current pr... Sep 9 2012, 07:24 AM TargaToy Thank you, EVERYBODY, for your feedback and sugges... Sep 9 2012, 07:30 AM TargaToy Well, surprisingly, I only had to add some 1/4... Sep 15 2012, 10:46 AM SirAndy So whatcha think?
If you corner balance it the cor... Sep 15 2012, 07:49 PM Dave_Darling Other 914 certainly have uneven fenders. Likely o... Sep 15 2012, 07:27 PM rick 918-S I wouldn't use the fender lips as a point of r... Sep 15 2012, 10:39 PM TargaToy
Once you have the check sets parallel (the four d... Sep 17 2012, 05:51 PM rick 918-S
Once you have the check sets parallel (the four ... Sep 17 2012, 10:17 PM TargaToy
[quote name='TargaToy' post='1740535' date='Sep 1... Sep 18 2012, 05:50 PM Jgilliam914 First of all the rotary level is a decent idea but... Sep 15 2012, 11:57 PM rick 918-S Back in the day we used centering gauges and a tra... Sep 16 2012, 07:49 AM  |
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