by Merts on Thu Aug 11, 2016 12:10 pm
destorman wrote:Merts wrote:destorman wrote:
Hmmm, ok, was the straight edge then parallel to the door?
I too can line up a straight edge from the middle of the diamond on the steering wheel to the centre of the seat ... BUT it is running off at an angle when compared to the drivers door, proving that the steering wheel is off centre.
Or, try sitting 'square' in the seat, with your body 90 degrees to the door, then put a ruler from the middle of your chest to the steering wheel... it will be about an inch to the right of the centre of diamond on the steering wheel.
How do you know the door lining is parallel with the axis of the vehicle?
I reckon I had more chance of lining a straight edge up with the centre of the seat than you do holding a ruler in front of your chest. How do you know you are sitting exactly in the middle of the seat, or that you are sitting exactly upright, or that the ruler is square to your chest or the seat? The answer is you have no idea.
I've since parked the car on a flat level surface (checked with spirit level), and turned the wheel half a turn so the gap between the spokes at the top of the wheel is directly below the symbol in the middle of the wheel. When I suspended a plumb bob from the middle of the wheel, it hit the seat less than 5mm from the seam in the middle of the seat. I checked that the seam is in the middle of the seat. It is.
The bottom line is, the steering wheel is very close if not precisely above the centreline of the drivers seat, which is what you sit on to drive the car. Claiming that the wheel is off centre is nonsense.
GLS MQ Triton, ARB Summit front, rear and side bars, Carryboy canopy and rack, Dobinson heavy duty suspension, Harrop rear E-locker, Drifta drawers and a few other bits and pieces.