Date:         Sun, 5 Aug 2001 07:42:28 -0500
Reply-To:     Jason Stevenson <jstv4man@HOME.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jason Stevenson <jstv4man@HOME.COM>
Subject:      Abnormal tire wear 1984 Vanagon
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To the list at large-
I need help (yet again).  I need some ideas on what might be causing the problem I'm having.  As the title suggests, I'm having seriously abnormal tire wear, especially in the front.  I have a 1984 Vanagon (standard).  I replaced the tires about a year ago, when I bought the vehicle.  Shortly thereafter, I noticed accellerated wear on the insides of the front tires.  That was easily solved by having it aligned front and rear.  I then rotated the front tires to the back, and vice versa.  It wasn't too long before I began to see rapid wear on the fronts again (this time on the OUTside of the tires).  I naturally assumed that they had simply not done the alignment quite right, so I took it back, and they redid it free of charge.  They told me when I picked it up that one side was off by 1 degree.  I remember thinking that didn't seem like enough to account for that kind of wear, but went on my way.
A short time later, I noticed still more wear, especially on the front tires.  I'm now past the service warranty period on the alignment.  But I'm starting to think that isn't the problem to begin with.  The most obvious thing I can think of is shocks.  Does that sound like my best bet of what to do next to the experts on the list?  Or should I be looking elsewhere in the suspension/wheel location system?

Thanks in advance-
Jason Stevenson


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