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What is Camber
Camber increases or decreases the tyre's grip on the road by the wheel not being upright, when viewed from the front or rear.

Correct camber is a design requirement and incorrectly set at best will cause tyre wear but at worse could seriously compromise the overall handling characteristics of the car - even making it dangerous.

Sign definition
Positive camber is when the top of the wheel leans away from the car.
Negative camber is when the top of the wheel leans towards the car
Zero camber is therefore when the wheel is fully upright.

Cross Camber
Often overlooked and often resulting in vehicle pull.

Cross camber is the difference in camber from one side to the other, if each wheel is itself correctly in tolerance, but at opposite ends of the scale, then the cross camber will be high and might need attention. Some manufactures now specify this value.

The car will tend, as a general rule, to pull to the side with the least negative or most positive camber.