Uneven/ cross camber

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Chainedtomato

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Tuesday 27th February
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Would a 0.25 degree difference in front camber cause a car to drift and not drive straight?

Tested on a flat bit of a car park and the opposite side of the road so it’s not the built in road camber causing it.

Alignment is within manufacture spec and the cross camber is within tolerance (0.25 cross camber max).

Toe is bang on aligned front and back and well within spec aswell.

I need to apply angle on the wheel to keep the car going straight ahead. If I center the wheel and let go while driving the car will start drifting towards the side with the most positive camber.

Surely a 0.25 difference wouldn’t cause such an impact?

Edited by Chainedtomato on Tuesday 27th February 20:12

Chainedtomato

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Tuesday 27th February
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GreenV8S said:
Chainedtomato said:
will start drifting towards the side with the most positive camber.
Do you really mean positive camber? That would be highly unusual.

Camber will produce a small side load and steering input - hard to guess how sensitive your particular car would be to that.

Tyre pressure and condition, and corner weights, can also make a difference. So can dragging brakes, but you'd probably notice other symptoms from that.
I mean it drifts to the side with the least negative camber

Could swapping the front wheels help prove something?