Mike Wing should be able to spot camber and caster problems straight away, although why the thing would have slipped so badly would need to be discovered. As for Idea #3 ("[...] hardware problems in the suspension that make everything look right on the alignment rack but don't work right on the road.", this sounds like something for my go-to mechanic (Steve, at Steve's Place here in Bend) to visually inspect for. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore. On 08/27/2012 10:00 AM, Loren Busch wrote: > RE: Severe Outer Edge Tire Wear on One Front Wheel > > Far from an expert on this subject but I'm going to take a SWAG at this > one, I had to deal with some similar problems (not as severe) just a > year ago. The first and most obvious possibility is camber way off. > The second, more subtle, is caster way off causing tire to dig in on > left turns. And third, hardware problems in the suspension that make > everything look right on the alignment rack but don't work right on the > road. |
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