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7. Annex
7.1 fundamental terms
Center line of the wheels:
The contact between the tire and the ground forms a line to which the middle line of the wheels
is vertical.
A- Centerline of the wheels
Vehicle Centerline:
The line passing through the center of the front axle and the center of the rear axle.
B- Centerline of the vehicle (or geometric centerline)
Axle thrust line:
7.2 General geometry
7.2.1 Toe
The toe is the value around which a front or rear wheel is facing inboard or outboard at the front,
in relation to each other.
If the wheels point inwards, they are called toe-in, the wheels point outwards, and so on.
Toe-in has positive values; after-trace has negative values, see the following picture.
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