Left rear tire seems misaligned...a few ?s
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Left rear tire seems misaligned...a few ?s
The rear tire on the driver's side of my '91 looks way off...even to the naked eye. The bottom of the wheel and tire appear to angle out away from the middle of the car and the top of the wheel appears to tilt inward to the middle of the car. I already checked for play in the wheel thinking the wheel bearing might be going out but its not. Does this sound like a simple alignment problem...all the nuts and bolts seem tight and nothing looks unusual. All four tires were aligned a year and a half ago i believe and it seemed that alignment problems are usually so minor that you cannot see them by eye.
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Originally Posted by redvetteC4
The rear tire on the driver's side of my '91 looks way off...even to the naked eye. The bottom of the wheel and tire appear to angle out away from the middle of the car and the top of the wheel appears to tilt inward to the middle of the car. I already checked for play in the wheel thinking the wheel bearing might be going out but its not. Does this sound like a simple alignment problem...all the nuts and bolts seem tight and nothing looks unusual. All four tires were aligned a year and a half ago i believe and it seemed that alignment problems are usually so minor that you cannot see them by eye.
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Sounds seriously like it is time for an alignment check. The rear control rods can get out of align just hitting a serious pothole! These rods (from diff to knuckle) are apparently the weak link in the stock rear suspension which is why after market rods are available
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Happened to me last year and before I really noticed, I wore off a set of rear tires!
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My right rear does the same. Putting new poly strut rod bushings in this weekend. I'm going to check closely for a bent one. If that doesn't do it, what's the next step???