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Re: A NEW alignment question!
[Re: srt]
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07/18/13 11:41 AM
07/18/13 11:41 AM
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Joined: May 2003
Posts: 6,569
Downtown Roebuck Ont
Twostick
Still wishing...
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Still wishing...
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 6,569
Downtown Roebuck Ont
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for an easy conversion to decimal degrees
divide minutes by 60 and add to degrees 2*45' = 45/60 =.75 + 2 = 2.75*
To change decimal degrees to d*min' multiply the decimal portion by 60 and result is minutes then write the degrees.
2.5* = 0.5* x 60 = 30' + 2* = 2*30'
By converting to decimal degrees and back converting back to minutes it makes it easier to determine how much angle needs to be adjusted.
For examples above
2.5* - 2.75* = (-)0.25*, then multiply 0.25* x 60 (to convert to minutes) or (-)15'.
One can also include seconds if needed, or desired, but this takes additional steps that I could explain if anyone needs to know pm me.
My head hurts... 
Good info.
Kevin
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Re: A NEW alignment question!
[Re: Jeremiah]
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07/19/13 04:03 PM
07/19/13 04:03 PM
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Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 1,688
Marlboro, NY, USA
Rick_Ehrenberg
top fuel
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top fuel
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 1,688
Marlboro, NY, USA
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A good toe in will be about 1/4" toe in.. The reason for the toe in is that centrifugal force will put it at zero when you are going down the road.. Don't know about the degrees..
1/4" toe will KILL a set of tires. 1/8" MAX toe in. 
I second that emotion!
Rick
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Re: A NEW alignment question!
[Re: a12superbee]
#1464869
07/19/13 06:30 PM
07/19/13 06:30 PM
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Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,516
Santa Cruz, California
Lefty
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Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,516
Santa Cruz, California
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Could someone explain what you mean by 'minutes'? Please.
The middle east gave us 60 minutes on our watches and 360 degrees on a compass instead of counting our fingers and toes like in base 10. 360 is divisible by more even numbers than 10 so is better for small measurements.
Divide a circle into 360 segments (degrees) then divide each segment (degree) into 60 equal parts (minutes) and then divide by 60 again for seconds.
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Re: A NEW alignment question!
[Re: Lefty]
#1464870
07/23/13 03:26 AM
07/23/13 03:26 AM
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Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 606
Montana
Yancy Derringer
mopar
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mopar
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 606
Montana
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Could someone explain what you mean by 'minutes'? Please.
The middle east gave us 60 minutes on our watches and 360 degrees
Actually, Colonel MacGyver, uh, I mean, Jack O'Neill, "the ancients" used to think that there were 360 days in a year, IE the no. of days the sun took to circumvent the earth.
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