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Caster And Camber Diagram

Besides chassis dive, when we turn the car left, the chassis also rolls. As the chassis pickup points move in roll, the upper ball joints move to the right. This causes the LF wheel to further lose camber toward the negative and the RF wheel to move toward positive camber.<br><br>If we combine the effects of dive and roll, we see where the LF wheel will lose in both dive and roll where the RF dynamic camber will be a product of combining two movements that are in opposite directions. That is why we can achieve a net zero change in camber at the RF wheel.
Caster And Camber Tech

Besides chassis dive, when we turn the car left, the chassis also rolls. As the chassis pickup points move in roll, the upper ball joints move to the right. This causes the LF wheel to further lose camber toward the negative and the RF wheel to move toward positive camber.

If we combine the effects of dive and roll, we see where the LF wheel will lose in both dive and roll where the RF dynamic camber will be a product of combining two movements that are in opposite directions. That is why we can achieve a net zero change in camber at the RF wheel.
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