Need advice - Alignment and tread wear

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Alex

Hello,

I noticed a strange wear pattern on the right rear tire of my Subaru
Legacy '95 (http://pro.scriptsworld.com/right_rear.jpg). The tread is
completely worn out on the inner side of the tire, but there's quite a
bit left on the outer side. The tire has at least 30K miles on it and
has not been rotated at all. Is this wear pattern normal or do you see
a problem with rear-wheel alignment? Would four-wheel alignment help
at all?

The right front tire looks like this
(http://pro.scriptsworld.com/right_front.jpg) after 25K miles. The
wear pattern there looks normal to me, but I wouldn't know for sure.

If you have any advice or some thoughts for me, I'd be glad to hear
from you.

Thanks!

Alex
 
Cannot tell for sure from the pic but I think that the front end toe-in
may be a little out. Needs more toe-in?

About the rear tire: Is the bearing OK? When you jack up the car and
feel the play of the wheel? Is there any play (there should not be any)?
Any doubts on a possible tire quality problem? If it were a thrust
angle alignment you should see some abnormal wear in the left rear tire too.

A simple way to see if the car has a thurst angle alignment problem is:
Drive the car in a straight line, over a wet area into a dry area.
(think of watering the street, an area long enough to cover at least one
full rotation of the tires). Check the tracks left on the dry area and
verify that the rear tire tracks are centered with respect the front
tire tracks. If they are not, you need a 4 wheel alignment.

Good luck!
 
Hello,

I noticed a strange wear pattern on the right rear tire of my Subaru
Legacy '95 (http://pro.scriptsworld.com/right_rear.jpg). The tread is
completely worn out on the inner side of the tire, but there's quite a
bit left on the outer side. The tire has at least 30K miles on it and
has not been rotated at all. Is this wear pattern normal or do you see
a problem with rear-wheel alignment? Would four-wheel alignment help
at all?

The right front tire looks like this
(http://pro.scriptsworld.com/right_front.jpg) after 25K miles. The
wear pattern there looks normal to me, but I wouldn't know for sure.

If you have any advice or some thoughts for me, I'd be glad to hear
from you.

Thanks!

looks like excessive -ve camber on that right rear wheel.

jm2c
ken
 
Advice would be to rotate your tires at least every 7,500 miles. No
alignment will take the place of preventative maintenance.
 

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