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Originally Posted by MagicRat
A friend of mine was taught the same thing in his auto shop class. As far as I
know, this is an incorrect statement.
If it was correct, you would get the same self-centering effect going in reverse
as well as forward. Anyone who has done some adventurous high-speed driving
in reverse knows that, when backing up, the steering wants to fall to one side...
just the opposite of self-centering.
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Ahh - you refer to the effect of strongly positive caster becomng highly
negative
when moving in reverse. Think about it, when you're backing up, the top of the
steering axis is leading in the direction of travel. This is opposite of what happens
when driving forward, where the lower end of the steering-axis leads.