Wheel alignment what is camber

Generally, camber plays a key-role in cornering performance. If a vehicle has rear-camber adjustments, adjusting the rear camber plays a big role in straight-line stability and cornering. Image: Hunter Engineering Company. Ever tried to ride a bicycle without using your hands? The fact you could meant that your bicycle had a positive caster. Correct caster is almost always positive.

Look at a bicycle — the front forks have a quite obvious rearward tilt to the handlebars, and so are giving positive caster. Camber is the tilt of the top of a wheel inwards or outwards negative or positive. Proper camber along with toe and caster make sure that the tyre tread surface is as flat as possible on the road surface. Too much negative camber wheels tilt inwards causes tread and tyre wear on the inside edge of the tyre. Consequently, too much positive camber causes wear on the outside edge.

Negative camber is what counteracts the tendency of the inside wheel during a turn to lean out from the centre of the vehicle. Positive camber almost always creates handling problems. If you've noticed one or more of these indicators, you should have your alignment checked by a licensed service technician immediately.

This is the inward or outward angle of the tire when viewed from the front of the vehicle. Too much inward or outward tilt, also known as negative and positive camber, respectively, indicates improper alignment and will need to be adjusted.

Worn bearings, ball joints, and other wheel-suspension parts may contribute to camber misalignment. Distinct from camber alignment, toe alignment is the extent to which your tires turn inward or outward when viewed from above. Angle them inward toward the center of your body. Angle your feet outward and you have toe-out alignment. Both require adjustment.

Your caster angle helps balance steering, stability, and cornering. 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.

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