Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-10-27 | Page 32 | Camber and Toe-in Important Features

CAMBER 10 TOE-IN IMPORTAHTJEATURES Properly Adjusted Front Wheels Insure Easy Steering. Two features which havo a great deal to do with tho easy steering and long tire mileage on the front tires, are the amount of camber and of "toe-in" given thc front wheels. To explain the difference, camber means inclining the front wheels at a slight angle to the front axle from top to bottom. Toe-iii means inclining the front wheels at an angle to the frame from rear to front. Both of these adjustments are carefully care-fully made at the factory, and ordi-uarily ordi-uarily will require but little attention on the part of the driver. The camber is taken care of by the correct making and mounting of the steering spindles, and tbe toe in is adjusted by the steering steer-ing cross rod. As a rule, any variation in the adjustments is the result of an accident. Many drivers, in draw-ing up to the curb, ' unconsciously allow the right front wheel to strike the curb occasionally, oc-casionally, in some instances harfi enough to slightly bend the steering knuckle. The result is that both of these adjustments are thrown out. If, on checking them up on your car, you find that the camber is too great or too small, you should make certain that the spindles are straight. The camber is checked by measuring the two distances, top and bottom, directly over and under extended line of spindle spin-dle bolts, and should approximate 1 7-16 inches. The toe-in is checked by measuring the distances, front and rear, and should be about- three-eighths of an inch. This adjustment is easily made by moving the adjustments on the steering cross rod in or out, as may be necessary, until un-til the proper amount of toe-in IS secured. se-cured. The best and most accurate method of checking these two adjustments is to jack up the front wheels and spin them, holding something against the outer edge of the rims to see that they run true. After this is done, the measurements mea-surements should be taken as described. The measurements for the camber are from the inside of one wheel felloe to the other at diametrically opposed points top and bottom, and the measurements mea-surements for the toe-in are taken at diametrically opposed points, front and rear, but they may bo made from the rims if that is more convenient.