Impact of Camber Adjustment on Toe

[DeWitt Harrison]

On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 17:57:38 -0400
        <mboucher70 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> [ ... ]
> What is the impact of increasing negative camber on the toe?
> I know that it has an impact, and that the toe will need to be
> checked/adjusted after.  But the question is, does increasing
> negative camber (moving camber plate away from side towards
> center of car) increase the distance between the front of the tires
> (increased toe-out) or does it decrease the distance between
> the front of the tires (less toe-out/more toe-in).

As Robert Rossato wrote, cranking in negative camber will
cause toe out. Toe is _very_ sensitive to camber changes - for
quick and dirty, you can often adjust toe with tiny tweaks
to camber. Anyway, since excessive toe, in either direction is what
causes tire wear, getting the toe set is not something you
want to put on the when-I-get-around-to-it list.

To my chargin, the same is true of the rear suspension in the
Type 44. I adjusted the top link a tad in order to tuck the rubber
under the rear fenders and created an expensive, toe related tire
wear situation without realizing it.

DeWitt Harrison
'88 5kcstq