High tech visual diagnostic tool
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High tech visual diagnostic tool
Get one of those cheap digital cameras with video mode. Attach it to a clamp
You can clamp it to the frame and go for a ride and see how your suspension
is acting or if it is your driveshaft that is making that noise or vibration.
Of course when you are disassembling things it is good to take pics while you are doing it so you remember how it goes. Try doing that with the wifes canon or kodak!! I saw a $20.00 one at dollar general if it gets smacked by a rock
it isn't that much of a loss, again try that with the wifes cam with pictures of the kids on it!! It's pretty cool watching the video of the suspension working while driving off road with the front driveshafts spinning and going up and down
with the bumps.
You can clamp it to the frame and go for a ride and see how your suspension
is acting or if it is your driveshaft that is making that noise or vibration.
Of course when you are disassembling things it is good to take pics while you are doing it so you remember how it goes. Try doing that with the wifes canon or kodak!! I saw a $20.00 one at dollar general if it gets smacked by a rock
it isn't that much of a loss, again try that with the wifes cam with pictures of the kids on it!! It's pretty cool watching the video of the suspension working while driving off road with the front driveshafts spinning and going up and down
with the bumps.
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You don't even need to buy a low-quality camera. Buy a used digital off craigslist or ebay or somewhere. People upgrade all the time so you could probably get a former top of the line camera for real short money.
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I use one of the oregon scientific helmet cams (ATC2K model) in our race cars. They're down to like $80 now, get almost 2 hours of video time at the highest resolution and a 2 GB memory card. At $80 I can afford it if it gets smashed, but the good thing about this as opposed to a regular camera is that it's water proof down to like 20 meters or something so if it get road spray or anything on it, it's not ruined.
Here's a video where we stuck it on the nerf bar of a friends midget car, came out pretty good as a suspension cam...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA3OM3pselQ
You'll probably want to fast forward to about 1:30 as before that it's just him waiting to get pushed off. The real action doesn't start until about 3 minutes in. BTW, the quality is actually a lot better than what you see on youtube.
Here's a video where we stuck it on the nerf bar of a friends midget car, came out pretty good as a suspension cam...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA3OM3pselQ
You'll probably want to fast forward to about 1:30 as before that it's just him waiting to get pushed off. The real action doesn't start until about 3 minutes in. BTW, the quality is actually a lot better than what you see on youtube.
