Negative camber and hard braking.

xheartcore_boyx · 02-23-2010, 04:35 PM

I have -2 camber up front and -1.5 on the rear wheel and have heard about a relationship between braking and having negative camber up front.

I have had an accident recently and had to hard braking, i was going straight, yet the car still swerved to the side while braking, making it hard to have control again, i almost hit a speeding 8 wheeler that was going on the near-by lane....very dangerous.

First thing came to mind was my 8inch wheels on 225 tires...but after farther searching, i suspect it could be the negative camber..

Anyone got any info on this?

bossman · 02-23-2010, 04:36 PM

Toe can contribute to instability as well as brake biase being off(too much on the rear tires if I'm not mistaken)I'd post this question in the brakes section,specifically the thread created by "Moose"

VanSi07 · 02-23-2010, 05:09 PM

Camber affects steering because a tire generates a force towards the side that the top is leaning towards.
This combined with the ABS brake pulsing could lead to interesting things during hard braking.

But, then again, I run similar camber and my braking is just peachy, so there may be another factor at play.

***mohouse*** · 02-23-2010, 06:01 PM

addy, ya i would blame the toe reading more than the actual neg camber in the front/rear.

02-23-2010, 04:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
xheartcore_boyx Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Middle east, Qatar Age: 22 Posts: 17,641 3bood aka Addy aka Bo dawood	Negative camber and hard braking. I have -2 camber up front and -1.5 on the rear wheel and have heard about a relationship between braking and having negative camber up front. I have had an accident recently and had to hard braking, i was going straight, yet the car still swerved to the side while braking, making it hard to have control again, i almost hit a speeding 8 wheeler that was going on the near-by lane....very dangerous. First thing came to mind was my 8inch wheels on 225 tires...but after farther searching, i suspect it could be the negative camber.. Anyone got any info on this?
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02-23-2010, 06:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
*mohouse* VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: San Jose, CA / the 408 / Bay Area Age: 29 Posts: 8,339 Mo	addy, ya i would blame the toe reading more than the actual neg camber in the front/rear. __________________

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02-23-2010, 04:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
bossman Banned Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: GTFO Posts: 24,191 :banned:	Toe can contribute to instability as well as brake biase being off(too much on the rear tires if I'm not mistaken)I'd post this question in the brakes section,specifically the thread created by "Moose"

02-23-2010, 05:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
VanSi07 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Vancouver, BC Age: 26 Posts: 1,971	Camber affects steering because a tire generates a force towards the side that the top is leaning towards. This combined with the ABS brake pulsing could lead to interesting things during hard braking. But, then again, I run similar camber and my braking is just peachy, so there may be another factor at play.

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