Date:         Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:37:31 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Tire wear pattern -- it puzzles the expert
Comments: To: Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com>
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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.