Corner weight scales.

[loon]

Looking for a set of Corner weight scales either by Intercomp or Longacre. If anybody has or knows of anyone who has these for sale please e-mail me, I will be eternally grateful.

[CarZee]

if you find 4 people who bought a set for their reliant robins, they'll all have a spare corner they can give you

[GreenV8s]

quote:Looking for a set of Corner weight scales either by Intercomp or Longacre. If anybody has or knows of anyone who has these for sale please e-mail me, I will be eternally grateful.

Pricey! I went the cheapskate route and made my own from bathroom scales and a length of 2-by-4, total cost about twenty quid.

[kevinday]

quote:
Pricey! I went the cheapskate route and made my own from bathroom scales and a length of 2-by-4, total cost about twenty quid.

Peter, How does this work then? Are you weighing the whole car? If so, I would need 3 bathroom scales at each corner, mine only go up to about 120kg! And to find that out I had to get myself and wife on there

[manek]

All we need is half a dozen or so people round the country to buy them helped by contributions from others who live within, say 100-150 miles, and then shared out as and when. If you're not a professional fettler or race car mechanic, how often do you need to use such things? I ask only out of almost total ignorance...

>> Edited by manek on Thursday 4th April 10:01

[kerniki]

Good idea Manek, I live in Dorset and would be willing to donate £100. Anyone else out there?

Nik

[GreenV8s]

quote:Peter, How does this work then? Are you weighing the whole car? If so, I would need 3 bathroom scales at each corner, mine only go up to about 120kg! And to find that out I had to get myself and wife on there

I know somebody who did it that way, since the scales are only a few quid each it's actually not that expensive and at least you can be sure about the accuracy. I used a different approach based around a balance beam and a single set of scales. Probably not as accurate as sitting it directly on the scales and nothing like as accurate as those electronic jobs the professionals use, but it seems pretty repeatable and it's good enough for me.