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	Castor angle: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		Castor Oyl is a cartoon character, brother of Olive Oyl.
		Castor angle is the angular measure from the vertical of the suspension of a steered wheel in a car or other vehicle, measured in the longitudinal direction.
		The pivot points of the steering[?] are angled such that a line drawn through them intersects the road surface alightly ahead of the contact point of the wheel.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ca/Castor-angle.html (231 words)

	Castor angle - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Castor angle (often misspelled as caster angle) is the angular displacement from the vertical axis of the suspension of a steered wheel in a car or other vehicle, measured in the longitudinal direction.
		It is the angle between the pivot line (an imaginary line that runs through the center of the upper ball joint to the center of the lower ball joint) and vertical.
		The pivot points of the steering are angled such that a line drawn through them intersects the road surface slightly ahead of the contact point of the wheel.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/c/a/s/Castor_angle.html (458 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Castor
		In Greek mythology, Castor was the son of Zeus and Leda and twin brother of Polydeuces.
		The castor bean is a poisonous spurge seed.
		A Castor is a wheel mounted with an offset steering[?] pivot such that the wheel will automatically align itself to the direction in which it is pushed.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ca/Castor (207 words)

	Castor - Enpsychlopedia
		Castor and Pollux, the twin sons of Leda and the brothers of Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra of Greek mythology.
		Castor, a nickname for Drusus, the son of Roman Emperor Tiberius.
		Castor angle, the angular displacement from the vertical axis of the suspension of a steered wheel in a vehicle.
	www.enpsychlopedia.com /psypsych/Castor (260 words)

	TurnFast Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Castor-- looking at the side of the vehicle, castor is the angle of the pivot point on which the wheel is turned for steering.
		The castor angle is determined by the line through the upper and lower ball joints.
		Castor should be identical for both wheels, but is often not adjustable on street cars, and is affected by lowering the car and changing the camber.
	www.turnfast.com /refc_glossary/defn_castor.shtml (154 words)

	RV8NOTE231, castor correction kit for the RV8, V8 Register, MG Car Club
		So our conclusion is there are serious concerns over a castor reduction of 3 degrees on an RV8 and that where fitting the castor correction wedges leads to crushing of the rubber mounts, there are concerns that the castor angle settings may be variable as a consequence.
		The castor angle is the angle, measured in degrees, formed between the axis of the kingpin and the perpendicular to the ground looking at the vehicle from the side.
		With negative castor the wheel is pushed as it is the line of application of the force applied to the axis passes behind the mid point of the wheel.
	www.v8register.net /subpages/RV8NOTE231.htm (807 words)

	Online dictionary - Castor
		In Greek mythology, Castor was one of the twin sons of Leda and the brothers of Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra: see Castor and Polydeuces.
		Castor is sometimes used as a nickname for Drusus, the son of Roman Emperor Tiberius.
		CASTOR is an acronym for Cask for the Storage and Transportation of Radioactive Material
	www.fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Castor (223 words)

	Bambooweb: Castor angle
		Castor angles over 10 degrees with radial tires are common.
		Complicating this still further is that the lateral forces at the tyre do not act at the centre of the contact patch, but at a distance behind the nominal contact patch.
		This distance is called the pneumatic trail and varies with speed, load, steer angle, surface, tyre type, tyre pressure and time.
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/c/a/Castor_angle.html (300 words)

	rangie.com - The Range Rover Knowledge Base - by Matthew Reeve - Sponsored by bigyellowdesign
		The caster angle, combined with the distance from the axle center to the road, produce a characteristic known as "trail" or the distance (along a line in the direction of travel) from the center of the tire's contact patch to the point at which a line through the wheel's (steering) pivot axis strikes the ground.
		The pivot axis is angled to strike the ground in front of the center of the tire's contact patch to produce positive trail.
		But, doing this also increases the angle that must be taken up by the front U-joint, which is why highly lifted trucks often use double cardon joints or CV joints in the front drive shaft.
	www.rangie.com /articles_model.php?id=49&modelId=2 (609 words)

	:: wheels-inmotion.co.uk :: camber / kingpin / toe / tracking / geometry / theory / alignment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Two wheels with positive castor angle (the kingpin extension falls before the point of contact with the ground) using two different systems, one is to incline the kingpin, and the other is to move the kingpin position in relation to the wheel axis, the straight line travel stability exists in both cases,
		However, in the case of negative castor angle, the wheel is pushed, as it is the line of application of the force applied to the axis passes behind the mid-point of the wheel, without taking the direction of travel into consideration,
		Other factors influencing the castor angle, low-pressure tyres, in modern vehicles, contribute to reducing the caster angle given to the kingpin during construction, in fact, when under the influence of active or braking thrust, the tyres deform and tend to increase the longitudinal offset by shifting their point of contact with the ground,
	www.wheels-inmotion.co.uk /longitudinal.htm (740 words)

	Castor Oyl: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		There are six words in the English language with the letter combination "uu." Muumuu, vacuum, continuum, duumvirate, duumvir and residuum.
		Castor Oyl is a cartoon character[?] created by cartoonist Elzie Segar[?] for his comic strip Thimble Theater, which was later renamed "Popeye".
		Castor Oyl continued to be an important character in Segar's Popey strip, but played little (most usually no) role in the movie animated cartoon Popeyes produced first by Fleischer Studios and then by Paramount Pictures.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ca/Castor-Oyl.html (250 words)

	Castor Wedges
		However the castor angle remained unchanged despite the fitting of radials as original equipment.
		Castor Wedges are a wedge with a slot down it's length-a bit like a tuning fork without the handle.
		The effect is to tilt the cross member front edge slightly downwards and therefore rotate the king pin and wheel assembly slightly forwards to alter the castor angle.
	www.kewengineering.co.uk /upgrades4mgs/castor_wedges.htm (423 words)

	lancerevoclub.org - mitsubishi lancer evolution club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Castor Angle is the angle to the vertical plane on which the steering axis sits as viewed from the side.
		Castor Angle determines the amount of self-centring the steering will have, influence the straight-line running and with the Kingpin Angle it will influence the camber change when cornering as a function of the steering input.
		Castor Angle traditionally used to be very small as large amounts of Castor Angle created heavy steering, now most cars have power steering this is not such a problem.
	www.lancerevoclub.org /faq/handling.php (1150 words)

	Heavy duty adjustable tie-rods - Mini Cooper Information from Mini Mania
		The greater the castor angle, the more "self centering" action will be when accelerating.
		Shortening the rod by screwing the rod into the block increases castor, decreasing it is done by screwing the rod out of the block - lenghtening the rod.
		The standard length is 14 5/16" from the front of the locating washer to the nearest edge of the bolt hole in the adjuster block.
	new.minimania.com /nmm/Heavy_duty_adjustable_tie_rods.htm (320 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Rake is also achieved by angling the fork blades (tubes) forward relative to the steer tube as is often done on motorcycles or ATB's with suspension.
		Castor angle is another way of expressing trail.
		The angle of this line relative to horizontal is the castor angle.
	www.ihpva.org /Builders/RD_StClair_Handling/h02 (389 words)

	V8NOTE340, castor angle, V8 Workshop Notes template, V8 Register, MG Car Club
		The BandG Castor Reduction Kit is designed to do two things - first to reduce the castor angle by 3 degrees from the original 7 to 4 degrees and second to maintain the integrity of the mounting of the crossmember to the chassis leg.
		The method used to reduce the castor angle is to rotate the crossmember towards the front of the vehicle by providing a precisely engineered stainless steel packing piece between the front crossmember fixing points and the underside of the chassis leg.
		Because the angle of the crossmember upon which the steering rack is mounted will have changed slightly in relation to the chassis legs, the body of the steering rack mast will quite probably no longer align with the steering universal joint.
	www.v8register.net /subpages/V8NOTE340.htm (1512 words)

	Imp Club :: View topic - Castor angle
		Castor is nomally the angle of the steering axis from vertical when looking from the side, without looking at a car to check on an imp I don't thing that angle is very far from vertical.
		Kingpin inclination is the angle of the steering axis from vertical when looking from the front, on an imp the top of the king pin is quite visibly closer to the centre of the car than the bottom of the king pin.
		The castor angle on the imp is for self aligning and it's higher than on other cars because of the light static weight and aerodynamic lift on an imp.
	www.theimpclub.co.uk /forum/viewtopic.php?t=1295 (1839 words)

	Castor Article, Castor Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In Greek mythology, Castor was one of the twinsons of Leda and the brothers of Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra: see Castor and Polydeuces.
		Castor (α Geminorum) is also a star, named after the character from Greekmythology.
		A Castor is a wheel mounted with an offset steering pivot suchthat the wheel will automatically align itself to the direction in which it is pushed.
	www.anoca.org /united/alberta/castor.html (294 words)

	Castor angle (www.ime.org.uk) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		If the lower swivel is further forward than the upper you have positive castor (aka trail).
		In this situation the centre of the tyre's contact patch trails behind the point where the king pin axis intercepts the ground.
		Body roll is caused by the contact with the road being lower than the centre of mass of the car so when cornering the momentum of the vehicle trying to carry on in a straight line pulls the vehicle and tends to tilt it over.
	www.ime.org.uk /ime/c/castor_angle.html (321 words)

	Castor angle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The purpose of this is to provide a degree of self-centring for the steering - the wheel castor s around so as to trail behind the axis of steering.
		It uses material from the Wiktionary page "Angle".
		An angle of 90 degrees, or π/2 radians.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Castor_angle.html (621 words)

	Off Road Products: Mantis Castor Plates
		Mantis Castor Plates are made specifically for the Mantis 5" suspension kit.
		They have been precisely designed to adjust the castor angle 5.5 degrees.
		Mantis Castor Plates bolt onto your front control arms and rotate the diff angle so that your steering geometry is how it would be using standard height suspension.
	www.offroadproducts.com.au /page5342.cfm (52 words)

	Castor & Camber Adjuster
		Lets the driver increase or decrease the castor angle 8° from center.
		The kart is in the stock position at 12° so you can decrease the castor angle to 4°, increase it up to 20°, or stagger your adjustments from side to side.
		Allows the driver to increase or decrease the camber angle by 2 degrees.
	www.coyoteproductsinc.com /adjustable_castor&camber.htm (79 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Castor, Alberta - a town in East Central Alberta[1]
		The castor bean (a poisonous spurge seed) and its castor oil.
		If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page.
	www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/castor.html (184 words)

	ATV Nation > 86 TRX350 lift
		Also because of the reverse swingarm style front susupension the lift will cause a negative castor angle in the steering knuckle which in turn causes some unpredictable and squirrely steering habits at high speeds.
		To correct the castor angle this is where it gets complicated, you must arc-air or grind the welds from the knuckles, rotate the knuckle back to a positive castor angle and reweld.
		I rode my 350 for a couple of years without changing the castor angle, after scaring the bejeepers outta myself numerous times I decided to do the mod.
	www.atvnation.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t1527.html (540 words)

	What Is Castor Oil
		A Castor is a wheel mounted with an offset steering pivot such that thewheel will automatically align itself to the direction in which it is pushed.
		CASTOR is an acronym for Cask for the Storage and Transportation of RadioactiveMaterial
		Castor, Alberta - a town in East Central Alberta [1] (http: www.albertafirst.com/profiles/statspack/20399.html), Canada
	www.altvetmed.com /face/2838-what-is-castor-oil.html (541 words)

	The UK Cobra Club - Castor & Camber Shims (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		One 0.5mm (0.020in) shim alters the camber angle by 1/4 degree
		Transposing one 1.6mm (1/16") shim alters castor angle by 1/4 degree
		You may, as I did, have to transpose the near and off side upper wishbone sets to acheive the correct castor.
	www.cobraclub.com /forum/showthread.php?t=11649 (387 words)

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	www.e-paranoids.com /c/ca/castor_angle.html (326 words)

	Definition of Castor
		Castor, Alberta - a town in East Central Alberta[1] (http://www.albertafirst.com/profiles/statspack/20399.html), Canada
		This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
		The list of authors can be found here.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Castor (314 words)

	UK Karting - Notice Board (2-Stroke Karting) : Re: Castor and camber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		You can change the camber via different stubs which are built with a different camber angles.
		Castor angle cannot be changed as the kingpin anle which controls it is fixed by the chassis, Although you can change the amount of castor by moving the wheels in or out on the stubs as before.
		You may post a direct reply to this message which will appear in this thread.
	www.karting.co.uk /Notice/Message.asp?FID=2&MsgID=126585 (98 words)

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