| Wheel alignment specs [message #106632] |
Wed, 24 November 2010 17:53  |
tze73
Messages: 13
Registered: August 2010
Location: Montreal, Quebec
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Hi, I've been trying to fine tune the handling of our coach before a long trip. I have completly rebuilt the complete front and rear suspension.
I have tried similar to factory settings ie: slight positive camber in the rear and front with 1/8 toe out. Today I tried ~1/4 degree of negative camber in the front with the maximum caster angle. Seems to go better.
Also, after I aligned the rear wheels to factory spec after doing the rear bushings, which had a lot of negative camber initially, it seemed that the handling was degraded.
I'm getting the impression that the best alignment settings for good directional stability are probably in the range of 1/2 to 1 degree of negative camber all the way around.
As a side note a friend of mine with a vw type 2 that had 2 degrees of negative camber in the rear wheels aligned them to 1 degree and found that the directional stability was negatively affected.
Also, handling in cars is improved with negative caster.
Any thoughts?
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