Thread: Ideal Rake?
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      12-31-2012, 10:02 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by RobertRO View Post
By rake or squat of a certain vehicle I understand the inclination when looking from a side.
If the front of the vehicle is lower than the rear of the vehicle, then it sits a little bit inclined to the front. This inclination is called "rake".
If the inclination is the other way around (= the vehicle is higher in the front than in the rear), that is called "squat".

Please correct me if I'm wrong.
So rake is an angle of the chassis and not an angle of the suspension geometry?
(caster is the angle of the suspension strut compared to the normal measured in the driving direction)
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(picture from book 'the automotive chassis')

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