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Camber is the tilt of the tire as viewed from the front of the car. If the top of the tires lean toward the center of the car then
you have negative camber. If the top of the tire tilts out away from the center of the car then you have positive camber.
Camber is measured with a caster camber gauge and is usually easily adjusted with shims on the upper a-arms. Always
check the toe when making camber or caster adjustments. Remember that poor camber settings will cause excessive tire
wear.

To understand caster you need to picture an imaginary line that runs from through the upper ball joint and extends through
the lower ball joint. From the side view the imaginary line will tilt forward or backward. The tilting of this imaginary line is
defined as caster. Caster is measured in degrees by using a caster camber gauge. If the imaginary line described above tilts
towards the back of the car, at the top, then you will have positive caster. If the imaginary line tilts forward then you would
have negative caster. Positive caster provides the directional stability. Too much positive caster will make the steering effort
difficult. Power steering will allow you to run more positive caster. Negative caster requires less steering effort but can cause
the car to wander.