16-06-2019, 10:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 16-06-2019, 10:12 AM by Bob Culver.)
Camber places the contact patch more or less in line with the kingpin. If it were say 3 inches outward when the wheel hit potholes or was braked more than the other side the hub would try to turn around the kingpin and and kick the steering.
(With damped power steering and fwd in moderns all sorts of other arrangements are encountered. Was also used on horse wagons for other reasons; reducing the bending of the axle stubs and because the wooden wheels may have been dished)
With castor (for the same length and shape radius rods) it is the height difference between axle and radius rod ball joint which influences, not the tyre diameters assuming no absurd difference tilting car front to rear
(With damped power steering and fwd in moderns all sorts of other arrangements are encountered. Was also used on horse wagons for other reasons; reducing the bending of the axle stubs and because the wooden wheels may have been dished)
With castor (for the same length and shape radius rods) it is the height difference between axle and radius rod ball joint which influences, not the tyre diameters assuming no absurd difference tilting car front to rear