How important is camber adjustment?
A negative camber setting can provide increased handling during heavy cornering. However, it generally reduces the contact surface between the tires and the road surface during straight ahead driving. Positive camber may be ideal for off-road vehicles such as large agricultural tractors.
Where is the best place to do a camber adjustment?
In order to properly perform a camber adjustment, you will need to be parked on a flat surface. Performing the adjustment in a garage would be ideal, but is not necessary as long as you can find a flat area to work. Once the car is parked, make sure that the wheels are both pointing forward.
What happens when wheel alignment is too camber?
For example, if the front wheels are at -0.5° L and R ±0.0°, the vehicle would likely pull to the right. Excessive camber either way will cause excessive and abnormal tire wear.
What does excessive camber on the RF wheel mean?
Camber is a tire wearing angle. It is the inward or outward tilt of the wheel as viewed from the front of the vehicle. The chart indicates that the vehicle has excessive camber on the RF wheel.
Where are the shims on a camber liveabout?
Turn-buckle joints are usually limited to rear multi-link suspensions but are sometimes found on front wishbone suspensions. Shim adjustments are usually found in front suspensions but can be in almost any application. To correct solid axles on rear suspensions, the aftermarket offers shims that offset the entire wheel bearing and hub assembly.
In order to properly perform a camber adjustment, you will need to be parked on a flat surface. Performing the adjustment in a garage would be ideal, but is not necessary as long as you can find a flat area to work. Once the car is parked, make sure that the wheels are both pointing forward.
Why do we use side to side variation on Camber?
Slight side to side variation, within specification, is useful to compensate for road crown, torque steer and passenger loading. This is where a skilled technician custom-tunes the wheel alignment to achieve a straight drive. Because camber wears tires, we use great discretion between directional adjustment and tire wear.
How does camber affect the alignment of a tire?
Camber is used to distribute load across the entire tread. Improper camber can make the tire wear on one edge and may cause the vehicle to pull to the side that has the most positive camber. Zero camber will result in the most uniform tire wear over time, but may reduce performance during cornering.
What is the relationship between Camber and pull?
The relationship of camber side to side must be correct. Slight side to side variation, within specification, is useful to compensate for road crown, torque steer and passenger loading. This is where a skilled technician custom-tunes the wheel alignment to achieve a straight drive.