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On Mon, 6 Nov 2017 18:06:57 +1100, Xeno >
wrote:

>On 6/11/2017 5:53 PM, wrote:
>> On Mon, 6 Nov 2017 14:51:59 +1100, Xeno >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/11/2017 1:16 PM, wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 5 Nov 2017 14:36:18 +0000 (UTC), RS Wood >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Xeno wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> If toe is last, then unloading, adjusting, reloading makes more sense.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Toe is last. Adjustments to camber will alter toe. Adjustments to toe
>>>>>> will not alter camber.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks. The way I'll remember it is Caster -> Camber -> Toe.
>>>> Caster and camber are pretty well inter-related - changing one
>>>> changes the other on most non-strut suspensions. Struts are a whole
>>>> lot simpler.
>>>>
>>> Changing camber on a strut still changes toe.
>> I didn't say it didn't. camber has a lot less effect on camber, and
>> vice versa on a strut system than on a double wishbone system
>>
>That depends entirely on *where* you adjust that camber on the strut.
Since the caster adjustment can only be done some 16 or so inches
from the ball joint (have not seen an adjustable lower control arm
pivot in decades on a strut suspension) the difference in caster from
camber or vice versa is by necessity less than half what it would be
if the centers were 8 incges apaty like a typical double wishbone