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Camber Observation


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  • 2 months later...

"Negative camber means the wheels lean inward at the top.Slight positive camber is more usual and cause less tire wear, most road surfaces being crowned"

Actually, for any vehicle you want to handle well, slight negative camber is desirable on all 4 wheels.  The reason is as the vehicle shifts it's weight to the outer wheels in a curve that negative camber turns toward zero camber and gives the tire a better connection to the road.  Slight amounts of negative camber have little effect on tire wear 

Here's the alignment settings for my Miata, which is one of the better handling cars an average guy can afford to drive

Rear  -  Toe 1/32 inch IN per side.  Camber  -  Negative 1.75 degrees each side

Front  -  Toe 1/32 inch IN per side.  Caster  -  5 degrees.  Camber  -  Negative 1.2 degrees each side

No matter how hard I drive it, the tires always were evenly all across the width of the tread

I had not noticed the negative camber on our TC, but if it's there, I'm happy to have it

Don

 
   

 

 

     
 
 
     
     
   

 

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