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{{Short description|Angle between a wheel's vertical axis and the vehicle's vertical axis}} {{About|wheel angle|the cross slope of road or railroad|Cant (road/rail)}} {{One source|date=July 2024}} [[Image:MillikenMX1CamberCar1960.jpg|thumb|The 1960 [[William F. Milliken, Jr.|Milliken]] MX1 Camber Car has a large negative camber]] '''Camber angle''' is one of the angles made by the [[wheel]]s of a vehicle; specifically, it is the angle between the vertical axis of a wheel and the vertical axis of the vehicle when viewed from the front or rear. It is used in the creation of [[steering]] and [[suspension (vehicle)|suspension]]. If the top of the wheel is further out than the bottom (that is, tilted away from the axle), it is called '''positive camber'''; if the bottom of the wheel is further out than the top, it is called '''negative camber'''.{{Ref|a}}
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