Camber
Camber
is one of the three main factors involved in wheel alignment,
the others being caster and toe. Camber is the inward or outward tilt of the top of a
vehicle's tire from vertical, measured in degrees, viewed
from the front. A tire leaning outward at the top has positive
camber; a tire leaning inward has negative camber.
A camber that is out of adjustment will result in wear on
one side of the tire’s tread. For example, if the camber is
too positive, the tire will wear on the outside of the tread.
If the camber is different on opposite sides the vehicle will
tend to pull to the side with the more positive camber.
Camber is often not adjustable on front-wheel drive cars,
and if the camber is out on such vehicles it often indicates
that some component is worn or bent and needs replacement.
One of the tools which can be used to correct camber is a
caster-camber bubble gauge.
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