Caster and Camber Interaction?

Think of caster as tilt of the wheel center line to front or back of vertical looking from the side of the car, and camber as tilt of the wheel left or right of vertical, looking straight ahead or behind of the car.

They are interdependent to each other.

I'm sure there is a mathematical relationship, I'm not smart enough to elaborate.

Maybe AH or some others can.

Minor correction:

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Caster is the angle with vertical made by the axis of the steering pivot.

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Depending on the rake or trail, the steering axis doesn't necessarily intersect the center of the wheel.

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_{(You description does have me a bit confused.... isn't '...front to back ....looking from the side of the car...', the same as '...left to right ...looking from ...ahead or behind...'}

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_{If those aren't the same thing, and 'front to back' was mean to convey to the front or back of the car, doesn't tilting a wheel in the direction of travel just result in rolling the wheel?)}

It was a first attempt to characterize the meanings. I'm sure there are definitions available by searching that are more technically correct. These are available to all, including the OP.

As usual, there will be many efforts to correct most opinions given.

I'm not an expert.

It's late.

In competition the angles of toe, castor and camber usually have to be tested on the particular track you are competing on and adjusted to optimum performance by testing tire temperature across the tread, and tread temperature in general...here's a discussion...↓

http://www.ozebiz.com.au/racetech/theory/align.html

They interact, essentially by multiplying some trig functions together.

Yep, zactly right. Looking at the compound miter cut angle required for crown molding (31.62 degrees) gives a good lesson in this stuff, at big angles that make the relationships more obvious.

There is usually some interaction between caster, camber and toe in, and as you steer all of them change continually.

The interaction is determined by the front end geometry(design) and how it is implemented.

Your question is probably best solved using 3D CAD software.