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Suspension System Essentials: Mastering Alignment Fundamentals (83 characters)

Learn the crucial aspects of vehicle suspension alignment and how it impacts control, stability, and tire wear. Understand road variables, rear wheel alignment, tracking, caster fundamentals, and more. Elevate your knowledge for optimal vehicle performance. (332 characters)

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Suspension System Essentials: Mastering Alignment Fundamentals (83 characters)

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  1. Alignment Fundamentals Part One

  2. Suspension Systems • Designed to: • provide satisfactory vehicle control • acceptable driver effort • Maintains directional stability: • on various road surfaces • all types of weather • loaded and unloaded • towing

  3. Road Variables • Road Crown • Bumps & Pot Holes • Crosswinds & Cross winds created by other vehicles • Road surfaces • Side forces • Drive axle forces • Suspension part movement

  4. Rear Wheel Alignment & Vehicle Tracking • Thrust Line – Imaginary line @ 90 degree angle to the centerline of the rear wheels • Rear Wheel Offset – axle asm out of position, not parallel to centerline

  5. Improper Thrust Angle

  6. Wheel Base • The distance between the center of the front & rear wheels

  7. Tracking • Position of the rear wheels in relationship to the front

  8. Ride Height • The distance between the frame & the ground. If distance varied over ¼” between sides, handling can be affected.

  9. Camber Fundamentals • Inward/outward tilt of wheel from true vertical. • Vehicle will pull to side most positive. • Affects tire wear.

  10. Camber Fundamentals Negative Camber Positive Camber

  11. Jounce & Rebound • Jounce - Upward wheel movement • Rebound – Downward wheel movement

  12. Caster Fundamentals • Tilt of a line that intersects the lower and upper ball joints (strut mount) in relation to true vertical

  13. Caster Fundamentals

  14. Positive Caster • Helps return to straight ahead position • Increases steering effort, the wheels try to stay straight • Pos caster helps maintain directional stability • Too much affects steering, rapid wheel return • Pulls to side with the most pos caster.

  15. Negative Caster • Decreases directional stability • Reduces steering effort

  16. Tire Wear • Caster has effect on tire wear

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