excessive toe-out will cause the inside edge of the tire to be the
"leading" edge and wear out. Since you had it aligned recently, it may be
a poorly done job or you have a control arm bushing or ball joint worn
that causes the tire to go toe out when travelling down the road. this
means when the car is static on the alignment rack, everything looks fine
to the measuring equipment. however, checking for worn parts is usually
the first thing any good alignment technician checks for. so you can
still say it was a poorly done job.
Dave Yeung
Houston Region
On Tue, 16 May 2000 11:06:40 CDT "Jason S." <solo2crx@hotmail.com>
writes:
>Please remind my forgetful brain, what besides negative camber can
>cause
>extreme inside edge wear on a tire? How does caster or toe affect the
>inside
>edge?
>
>My Del Sol has chewed through the inside edge of a Dunlop D60 tire on
>the
>front driver side of the car. The car was aligned to factory specs not
>too
>long ago and there does not appear to be anything wrong with the
>camber to
>the naked eye or my level. I think the shop may have hosed up the job
>or I
>have knocked something out of whack in the front suspension.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jason S.
>87' Honda CRX 36DP - Fun at the track weekend car
>94' Honda Del Sol Si - Fun in the sun weekend car
>91' Pontiac Grand Am Le - Uninspiring commuter car
>
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