----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Hargreave Mawson" <OC@46thFoot.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 5:13 AM
Subject: Castor,Camber, toe etc...(Back to Short again...)
> On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, at around 21:47:02 local time, Tim Hutchisen
> <hakhutch@megalink.net> wrote:
> >Scions-
Tim wrote:
> >>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.
Michael replied:
> 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).
The correction:
Michael is right here. I made a mistake in my earlier post, forgive me, it
was past my bedtime. The vehicle will pull to the side with the most
_POSITIVE_ camber. Sorry for the confusion. Good catch Michael!
Tim Hutchisen
71 TR6
80 TR7 Spider
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