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I think I will go with this paint brake pipes advice, every year I clean them, sand smooth any minor rust then coat the pipes with grease, always passed but always get an advice notice about the grease. On thing I regularly did on older cars was on the hand brake, with well worn components...

Spring and Autumn I give our 3 cars a go over so I have had the trackace gage out again, 2 cars out side setting spec but still inside checking spec, put them both back to setting spec anyway n one had the sterring wheel go off center over the winter, still notice the improvment just from the...

I run up my ramps to adjust, then roll back off, roll straight forward rock suspension to resettle and then a quick recheck with the trackace gage, and repeat as required, outside tyre ware on one side could be something else but could still be tracking. worth checking, i know i have had ware on...

First time I decided I needed to do my own tracking was because I went to a well know garage for a check, kid came to waiting area and told me my car needed adjustment, I wandered round to where i could see him working, he was using floor standing dunlops and the clown had one gauges resting on...

I had another go with strings just before I got the Trackace, I prefered it because with sticks I had to go off the tyres on my Mondeo and sticks didn't stand a chance on my eldests lowered Corsa. I reckon I got strings well sussed and quite accurate but as you say it takes ages setting up again...

I tried to make a Trackace last year, its harder than it looks if you want to go off the rims, made one that rested on tyres but was worried about the accuracy. Needed tracking for first time this year, MOT failure (ball joint), googled "trackace" and it's now available, looked on ebay and their...

I really like the look of this trackace gage. It is definately not available yet but there is a manual on the website and i can't see why it would not work, Plus if i got it right how it works i reckon i can make one myself unless i'm missing something. Take a look how hard can it be to make...

Just got this on a forum, http://www.trackace.co.uk/Trackace.html i think this is what i'm looking for but Don't think its actually available yet,don't know how much it is either, looks good but trying to figure out if it will be accurate.

I hope I dont need it doing again in a hurry, but I suspect that the last time it was not done properly, The sterring wheel is a bit to one side and when I accelerate it feels a bit drifty, sort of changes direction a bit, but not what you would describe as pulling to one side , just drifty. I...

I don't need it set 3 times a year, its just Ive had to have it done 3 times this year already, cos of repair, a lower arm then MOT fail split rubber on trackrod then clutch where sub had to be dropped, only had to do its once last year. This method sounds good to me, sounds more accurate than...

Yep sorry. Ive got a mark 2 mondeo, fitted a lower arm, then got tracked up. next month fail test on split rubber on track rod end, replaced then tracked up again, then just had clutch done, dropped subframe so had to get tracked up again.

Thanks, Ive looked at these I just don't see how these can be accurate to a fraction of a degree as the settings in my manual show. theres usually an old fashoined way that works a treat but I can't find anything on the net other than tieing stings down the side of the car, does any body know...

I can fix my own car on most things and save the money, But after repairs I have had to pay for the front wheel tracking 3 times this year. Please please can someone tell how I can check the tracking my self. its so easy to adjust and there must be a DIY way, there usually is for most things. I...

Sounds typical of a wheel bearing but after a couple of instances it would be playing up all the time at any speed I think. I would suspect a sticking brake piston or pad in the caliper if it's not the calipers themselves, in conjunction with a slight bent brake disk. I would clean out the brake...

I had similar problem with it just looking patchy. I thined my paint a little and I made sure everything was ready to work as fast as possible it was much better. Just my own DIY tip but it worked better for me

:D Hello, i am new to the forum and this week discovered a trick that worked great for painting my stairway woodwork without removing the stair carpet. Hope it isn't already well known or I will look a plonker. I used 2 inch brown parcel tape to mask the carpets. I put the tape in place on the...