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Front Tires Wear inside Area
polilara:
Hello
Aligned four wheels about two years ago when new tires installed. Now I can see that inside area wears more than outside in front. Is this typical for V6 Omega or can this be a wishbone case which is not seen in alignment process?
Kevin Wood:
Normally you should get slightly more outside edge wear. It sounds to me like you have excessive camber at the front.
Most of the alignment machines have wide tolerances for front camber so it gets neglected by alignment shops. It needs to be set for no more than about -1o10' for even tyre wear.
polilara:
Thanks for comments, yes Camber exists, I think I can even "see" it. I will change front shocks soon (and springs, top mounts etc.) and will go to 4 wheel alignment. When everything is open I could probably check the wishbone bushing problem, too? Can this be done just by shaking them, by hands??
Kevin Wood:
It would be best to inspect the bushes. In fact, I'd get a set (or a new set of wishbones) and change them as a matter of course if it's coming apart to change the shock absorbers. That way, you only have to pay for it to be set up once, and you know everything is good.
Diamond Black Geezer:
Seconded. Best practive/OOF advice is to redo the whole suspension in one go. Seems expensive/wasteful but it really is actually the cheapest way of doing it, because you're talking about parts that will all wear out eventually.
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