> Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:50:36 -0700 > From: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> > Subject: Re: Trying To Understand Tie rod Adjustments > > > I will take it to a shop. If my adjustment corrects drift, I'll be > curious to see how close i got toe and castor. (I'm not dicking with > the camber) > I forgot to add, relative to caster affecting camber; in addition to the angle of the radius arm, you also have to note that the control arm is basically like the hand on a clock. It's fixed to the center of a circle (at the control arm bushing), and any movement forward/backward moves the ball joint around an arc, changing the camber. Hopefully that gives you a better mental image of the actual adjustment. That's why you always adjust caster first, then camber, then toe. Keith Hughes '86 Westy Tiico (Marvin) |
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