Tire wear and camber...rear end

[Kap'nZ4]

So today a co-worker came in and told me he thought my tire was flat.

Yea, had to call the wife to bring me my low profile jack, my ratchet that already had the extension and the 17mm socket attached and one of the spares I had after trading out rims.

Now I know the camber is agressive, but good god look at the wear on this tire........



Have any of you ever had this bad a wear? Can I get the camber closer to zero? Without having to take it to a Stealers shop. My local says he cant do it and Stealers is the only way to go.

 

[jamie_z4]

You cant really get 0 camber on standard arms they'll always be a liittle bit negative - you need some adjustable rear camber arms if you want them back to 0.

 

[lucasxdiniz]

I don't think that's purely camber wear (can't tell for sure as the photo doesn't show the tread very well), looks like it's been scrubing, so toe would be off.

Recently had an alignment done and the minimum camber I could get at the rear was -1.46°. No need to take it to a dealership, just take it to a tyre shop with a hunter machine and a person who knows what he's doing.

 

[MACK]

There's more than just a camber issues there. I be looking at bush wear and how much toe your running. What tyre pressure are you running?

 

[Davz]

Having read quite a few documents (spent hrs!) on alignment in the last few days (car is at the garage being aligned as I write) From my understanding that is not camber wear, you can see from the pic that that is even tread depth across the tyre except from the shoulder of the tyre where it is down to the canvas. That is down to incorrect toe, which could be that you need an alignment or that a bush/es have worn giving too much toe in where you have feathering.

Have your bushes checked first, make sure control arms are not bent and if ok get an alignment.

 

[enuff_zed]

On another note, I reckon you'd get good scrap value for all those weights!

Place I used to go to, the tyre fitter would rotate the tyre on the rim to reduce the imbalance; usually only ended up with one, maybe two weights on the wheel.

 

[Crazy Harry]

Go the quick way to work Kap'n - that's too much drifting drivin' like you stole it

 

[buzyg]

That's not right Captain. A couple of spanners and a plum line, with a Vernier scale on a piece of wood, is actually all you need too set up your camber correctly. As said though. There is probably more to that than too much camber.