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This is an often overlooked and passed over side effect. Keep safety in mind when making mods to your cars. And keep in mind... if your in an accident, those insurance suits will look over every inch of your car trying to find a way to get out from under a claim.... and you can be they wont miss this. Keith > Ideally the steering axis, which is the imaginary line drawn thru the 2 ball > joints on a given wheel, will pass right thru the middle of the tire's contact > patch with the road. Moving the patch away from this axis gives the wheels > leverage against the steering box when braking, but this won't be noticable > as long as the braking is even from both wheels. If you hit a patch of gravel > on one side, however, the braking force on one wheel will pull to one side. > This would not be a desirable situation. > > - > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ > ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/