Wheel alignment

Thomas Vauderwange

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Thomas Vauderwange, Wheel alignment (2011), Vogel Communications Group, Würzburg, ISBN: 9783834361370

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Beschreibung / Abstract

Wheel Alignment – Don't Panic! With this book, we'll put an end to crooked steering wheels and wasting time by readjusting cars over and over again - and behold: All taken out of daily workshop life, comprehensible, entertaining. Small quizzes, inserted all over the book, let you know rightaway whether you got the point or need to reread some.
· Properties of the dynamic chassis: Toe, camber, and everything after.
· Measurment technologies: From a straight aluminum bar to touchless automatic
· Runout compensation: Why and how, risk and benefit
· Four Steps to a Straight Steering Wheel
· Typical adjustment errors and the consequences
· Many practical examples from real life adjustment encounters
· Chassis values: Accident damage or tricky intention of the designer?
· Fixed and dynamic specs: Ride height measurement PSA, BMW, and Renault
· Sophisticated Kinematics: VAG toe curve / S-point adjustment
· Mercedes procedure: Why ROMESS and toe pressure bar are a good idea

Inhaltsverzeichnis

  • BEGINN
  • Title
  • Impressum, Copyright
  • Preface
  • Content
  • Part 1 Basics and Procedures – Four Steps to a Straight Steering Wheel
  • 1 Basic measurement of a dynamic chassis: Toe, camber, and all that comes after
  • 2 Measurement principles: From astraight aluminum bar to the modern touchless systems
  • 3 Runout Compensation: Reason and benefit, risk and downsides
  • 4 Four steps to a straight steering wheel
  • 5 Incorrect adjustments, and the consequences
  • 6 Selected examples for practical alignment
  • Part 2 Professional Wheel Alignment
  • 7 The chassis values: Accident damage, or designed in?
  • 8 Static and dynamic Specs: Ride height examples PSA, BMW, and Renault
  • 9 Tricky Kinematics: The VAG Multilink axle and its adjustment
  • 10 Dynamic specs, dynamic readings: The Mercedes procedure including ROMESS and original databank
  • 11 Wheel Aligner for calibration and adjustment of ACC/ADR/DisTronic/LDW/...
  • 12 Special case Four Wheel Steering (4WS)
  • 13 ESP steering wheel angle sensor and its calibration
  • 14 Air Suspension and Wheel Alignment
  • The solutions to the small quizzes
  • Conclusion
  • Sources
  • Index

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