Here's a wild thought, ok, maybe a dumb one. Since you are really not
worried about true values, only relative ones (right?), couldn't you make a
scale out of a coil spring, or 2, and either steel plates or 2x6's? fashion
a platform to jack the car ont and use a ruler mounted vertically to measure
how many inches each corner depresses the springs.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Drew Rogge" <drew@pixar.com>
To: <frank@zk3.dec.com>
Cc: "Triumph Mailing List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: weighing the corners
> Frank,
>
> I've seen "lever-like" arms which effectivly increase the capacity
> of bathroom scales. The idea is that the tire sits close to one
> end of the lever and the bathroom scale sits at the other end.
> Something like this:
>
> | |
> __________________ | Tire |
> |_________________ \ | |
> ________O__ \ \__\______/____
> | Scale | \_______________|
> |__________| O
>
> I haven't found a web site with these things listed on them but
> I've seen ads for them in mag's like the SCCA's Sports Car. I
> would imagine that Grassroots Racing would also list someone who
> sells them.
>
> I've also seen a device that is like a pole with an arm on it
> which pivots in the verticle direction. One end of the arm goes
> inside the wheel's rim at the top and you push down on the other
> end enough to just lift the tire off the ground. The tricky part
> which I don't remember how it works is that there's a gauge
> connected to the arm which gives you an indication of how much
> the corner weighs. I guess there has to be somekind of a spring
> or torsion bar involved somehow.
>
> If I find a reference to either of these techniques I'll let the
> list know.
>
> Drew
>
>
> > Hi all,
> > ....Has anyone ever run across/developed a cheap way to do this? (Is it
> > possible to buy a bathroom scale that reads to 600 lb?)
> > - - --
> > Douglas Frank
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