Re: Adjusting the front suspension caster angle

From: bernd@texas.net
Date: Fri Dec 29 2000 - 11:41:28 EST


How in the world did you get the caster that messed up in the first place? ;)

I used to run most of the caster settings on my vehicles at 2.5 - 3 degrees
positive with the camber at 1/2 - 1 degree negative. (Toe was always at 1/16 -
1/8" IN.)

(BTW: I know what it does)

> In a message dated 12/29/00 9:42:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, bernd@texas.net
> writes:
>
> > Caster mainly controls how straight the vehicle tracks. Camber is the
> > culprit
> > for side wear (and Toe as well).
>
> Not in this case. The problem I'm having is when I turn the wheel it pulls
> the sidewall under the rim and wears the hell out of it. Toe-in and excessive
> positive camber is not the culprit (or not the main culprit anyways) for the
> problem I'm haing. It looks like now I have close to 0 degrees caster. I want
> to increase it just a few degrees. This will cause the steering to be a
> little more sensitive, but with the steering rack angled back slightly, it
> will cause the outer portion of the tires to lift up and forward, preventing
> the sidewall from being pulled so far underneath, giving me better contact
> with the road. Think of the front tire of a bicycle. The steering fork is
> angled back so when you turn it, it gets a better contact with the ground. If
> it was 0 degrees as well, you'd probably flip over the handlebars in hard
> corners.
>
> -Austin
> Vipertruck - "The Anti-Rice"
> Supercharged 6.0 V8
> <A HREF="www.angelfire.com/ny/vipertruck">The Vipertruck</A>
>
>



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