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Originally Posted by Jonny042
Think of a 4 legged table sitting on a mattress. If all 4 legs are the same length, it will sit perfectly level.
Cut exactly 1" off two diagonally opposed corners, and it will still sit level, but the weight bearing down on each leg will be dramatically different.
And then the table will suffer from oversteer in one direction and understeer in another, plus feel really wierd over bumps.
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I appreciate everyone taking the time to respond so please don't take this as me being critical. I am very much trying to understand.
In your analogy the table would have springs exerting force to keep the legs on the floor, and those springs would be roughly equal strength at the corner pairs (parallel corners where one set of corners is the "Front" and one is the "Back". If opposite corners (one front corner and one back corner) were shortened by an inch then the greater force of one of the spring sets would push the lower force area downward and the height across the parallel corners would not be level.
In order for the car to be level, there necessarily HAS to be the same amount of weight pushing down at each parallel corner. That's why corner balancing is done with weights in the passenger seat.