Caster, Camber & Toe Explained.

khaiwi · Post by **khaiwi** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 3:16 am

From Quadratec site.

Caster is the fore or aft slope of the steering axis. The steering axis is a line drawn through the upper and lower ball joints of the knuckle. Positive caster is when the bottom of the steering axis line is in front of the tire's contact patch. Zero caster is when the steering axis is at 0 degrees. Factory alignment specs for basically all vehicles call for a certain degree of positive (shown) caster. This ensures good stability, helps maintain straight-ahead direction and promotes steering wheel self-centering.

Camber is the inward or outward tilt of the front tires as viewed from the front. Inward tilt is negative, outward tilt is positive. Camber is used to distribute load across the entire tread. Improper camber makes the tire wear on one edge, and causes the vehicle to pull to the side that has the most positive camber.

Toe is the side-to-side difference in distance between the front and rear of the front tires. If the distance is closer at the front, it's called toe-in. If the difference is closer at the rear, it's called toe-out.

iguana · Post by **iguana** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:29 am

So what most of us have now in thier Wranglers is a wrong caster and camber setting right?

khaiwi · Post by **khaiwi** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:53 pm

iguana wrote:So what most of us have now in thier Wranglers is a wrong caster and camber setting right?

The week Dana30 in the front axle of wranglers bends due to jumps and results in negative -ve Camber.

As the diff is not centered on the axle housing, bending might be more on one side, therefore if someone is buying the adjustable ball joints to rectify the tire wear problem (Note this will not resolve the bent axle housing problem). A proper measurement should be done to buy the correct ball joints.

iguana · Post by **iguana** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:55 am

By the way, I went to Al Jallaf on Thursday to buy it. (I need to 1degree size). It was out of stock. They have one only in Abu Dhabi and 6 pieces in Dubai. I bought 2 so the available is 5 pieces and the guy told me those are slow moving items and they do not order it in big bulk. So those of you who wants to buy them, get it queckly befor the stock finishes

konradh · Post by **konradh** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:41 pm

checheche Wranglers, always out of stock on parts.

khaiwi · Post by **khaiwi** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 9:10 pm

konradh wrote:checheche Wranglers, always out of stock on parts.

How r u dear Konrad????

I was waiting for the post from u commenting on jeeps hehehehehe, we all miss u man

and yeah best is get a Patrol and jump as u wish worry free LOL

konradh · Post by **konradh** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:59 am

khaiwi wrote:
konradh wrote:checheche Wranglers, always out of stock on parts.
How r u dear Konrad????

I was waiting for the post from u commenting on jeeps hehehehehe, we all miss u man

and yeah best is get a Patrol and jump as u wish worry free LOL

Yes, Khaiwi I miss you guys a lot. I keep watching the DVD I made which I also gave you and Iguana a copy of, the one when we went with the Jeep Club to Mussafah and all of us side sloping including Iguana. Man I miss those days.

Going back to the forum topic. Patrols never get their camber, toe, etc. broken we can do jumps and more jumps and nothing voila happens!

PATROLS RULES! PATROL POWER! :ad4x4: