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Old 10-06-2014 | 03:25 AM
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Originally Posted by metalnut
I'm trying to better understand the front end of a 12th scale car and I think I read myself into a corner of confusion regarding static caster. Why is it that for my 12R5.2, moving the arms back (thicker shims in the front) results in a smaller caster angle? I know caster to be the angle the king pin makes with a vertical line... what am I missing?
On the 12r5.2 when you run a thicker shim on the front it moves the upper arm forward, reducing castor. This is because the shims are inside the arm as opposed to outside like the CRC setup. Its all in the arrangement of the shims and the upper arm.
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