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Left rear tire excessive wear

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Old 06-13-2008, 12:27 AM
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Default Have a 4 wheel alignment done....

this way you will know for certain...
Old 06-17-2008, 03:12 PM
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Just to wrap this one up, I had the car aligned today. Very oddly, the only wheel that was initially withIN spec was the left rear. That's right, the tire that was wearing the worst (by far), was the only one within spec. The one that was out of alignment the worst was the right rear - both fronts were out a little.

Best we can figure, the 3 out of alignment wheels were taking it out on the 4th one, sorta dragging it along. Time will tell for sure - I'll be monitoring tire wear more closely going forward.
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Good. Unfortunately these cars demand constant attention.
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Glad you got it sorted out.
Old 06-19-2008, 08:59 AM
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Default Yea, but.....

...I'm not 100% convinced that was the problem. Even the alignment guy was somewhat puzzled by the fact that the only tire wearing bad was the only one actually within spec. Plus, none of the others were significantly out of spec. If this thing is that sensitive to proper alignment, holy cow, it's a picky SOB!

Time (i.e. miles) will tell...
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