Re: NH steering veering towards the left

That's Camber split, caster is not adjustable camber is the vertical top to bottom angle when looking at the tire from the front. Caster is like a bicycle fork, the axis between the upper and lower mounting of the knuckle to make it easier to understand a bicycle fork has huge positive caster, that is why you can ride with no hands. But as many of us kids did in our youth, when you turn the handlebars around, now you have huge negative caster and it is almost impossible to ride. Some old cars, mustangs, and a few gm vehicles used negative caster in their alignment specs. Almost everything on the road now uses positive caster, some very little, and Some use tons, e.g. MB uses very high Caster. Now u understand a little better when u bring your vehicle in for an alignment what gets adjusted Joel MN-male ASE certified Master Mechanic "Kevin Gavitt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Xdgm5.1772$[email hidden]...

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> > <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > On 15 Aug 2000 16:40:17 GMT, [email hidden] (Target 12) thus spoke: > > > > > > >This is because of the caster splitting > > > > What is caster splitting? > > -- > > Nos > > The caster on the inside and outside wheels are set to different values. > >

>Is it just my setup, or does this happen to anybody else? When you have the >steering wheel centered in Nascar Heat going down the back stretch (at >either Richmond or Daytona) your car slowly veers to the left. This is because of the caster splitting and not so much the stagger, camber, weight, etc. Just turn the wheel to the right a little bit and you'll be fine. Racer X Veteran Sim Racer #4 Corvette C5-R in the GTIC #24 Monte Carlo in the DORL Victory Lane- http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1423/

Is it just my setup, or does this happen to anybody else? When you have the steering wheel centered in Nascar Heat going down the back stretch (at either Richmond or Daytona) your car slowly veers to the left.

"DoubleU" <[email hidden]> wrote > Is it just my setup, or does this happen to anybody else? Both, actually ;) -- Unless you tweak your setup to make it symmetrical -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

On 15 Aug 2000 16:40:17 GMT, [email hidden] (Target 12) thus spoke: >This is because of the caster splitting What is caster splitting? -- Nos

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> On 15 Aug 2000 16:40:17 GMT, [email hidden] (Target 12) thus spoke: > > > >This is because of the caster splitting > > What is caster splitting? > -- > Nos

The caster on the inside and outside wheels are set to different values.

Yeah, that's what I have been doing, and I'm used to it now. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't just controller calibration issues. The more authentic, the better IMO. "Target 12" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > >Is it just my setup, or does this happen to anybody else? When you havethe > >steering wheel centered in Nascar Heat going down the back stretch (at > >either Richmond or Daytona) your car slowly veers to the left. > > This is because of the caster splitting and not so much the stagger,camber, > weight, etc. Just turn the wheel to the right a little bit and you'll befine.

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> Racer X > Veteran Sim Racer > #4 Corvette C5-R in the GTIC > #24 Monte Carlo in the DORL > Victory Lane- > http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1423/ >

On Tue, 15 Aug 2000 18:46:15 GMT, "Kevin Gavitt" <[email hidden]> thus spoke: >The caster on the inside and outside wheels are set to different values. > > Expand please. What is the caster? Never heard of it before. -- Nos

On Tue, 15 Aug 2000 20:07:17 -0500, "MN-male" <[email hidden]> thus spoke: >That's Camber split, caster is not adjustable >camber is the vertical top to bottom angle when looking at the tire from the >front. Yes, know what camber is from the racing sims.

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>Caster is like a bicycle fork, the axis between the upper and lower mounting >of the knuckle >to make it easier to understand a bicycle fork has huge positive caster, >that is why you can ride with no hands. But as many of us kids did in our >youth, when you turn the handlebars around, now you have huge negative >caster and it is almost impossible to ride. Some old cars, mustangs, and a >few gm vehicles used negative caster in their alignment specs. Almost >everything on the road now uses positive caster, some very little, and Some >use tons, e.g. MB uses very high Caster. >Now u understand a little better when u bring your vehicle in for an >alignment what gets adjusted

Thx a lot for taking the time to explain this to me. Now I understand. :-) -- Nos