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Castor,Camber, toe etc...(Back to Short again...)

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Subject: Castor,Camber, toe etc...(Back to Short again...)
From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 10:13:22 +0000
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On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, at around 21:47:02 local time, Tim Hutchisen 
<hakhutch@megalink.net> wrote:
>Scions-
>    Not to beat a dead horse, I apologize for the length but I offer the
>following for clarification. Some of this has already been
>discussed...................
>
>Camber-The inward or outward tilt of the wheels from true vertical as viewed
>from the front or rear of the vehicle. The vehicle will always pull to the
>side with the most negative camber.

I thought I'd got the hang of this, but now I'm confused.   Someone else 
told me that a car will "tend to go in the direction of the most 
positive camber".   My experience with the Spit (assuming the readings 
on the print-out are accurate) is that the car pulls slightly in the 
direction of the side with the most positive camber (but, of course, 
there may be other factors involved - see below).
>
>Castor- The forward or rearward tilt of the steering axis in reference to a
>vertical line as viewed from the side of the vehicle. Castor will also cause a
>pulling condition; it will always pull to the side with the least positive
>castor.

It does.

<snip>
>
>Hope this helps......

All very useful indeed - thank you.

ATB
-- 
Mike
Ellie  - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV
Connie - 1968 Conifer Herald 1200 Saloon GA237511 DL
Carly  - 1977 Inca Yellow Spitfire 1500 FH105671

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