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Originally Posted by dabenz
dieseldan44, perhaps it's time to back up and ask really dumb questions (I'm the one that's not that smart, by the way):
1) how was the camber before you started replacing parts?
2) how was the tire wear before you started replacing parts?
3) rear "sagging" before you started replacing parts? Measure rear and front height before replacing parts?
4) did you do any front-end work in the meantime?
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dabenz - to answer your great questions...
1.) I *think* it was off from the time I acquired the car. I didn't notice it at first. The only parts I replaced before I noticed - rear axles with CVJ remans and the sway bar links.
2.) Rear tires are not worn to the eye. I have driven the car about 1500 miles since the axle replacement.
3.) I didn't measure before I started replacing stuff - I started replacing rear suspension stuff after noticing the positive camber in the rear last April, after the rear axle job. The rear end was never sagging.
4.) Replaced tie rods, and had indy replace FR ball joint. Indy then aligned. Front tires at the time had too much negative camber and inside wear. Front wheels are now perfect. Indy said the front end is tight and fine (except steering box, but thats another story for another time :-) ).
I really like what these questions possibly point toward. If the rear wheels don't have big time wear on the outside, then it would lead me to believe:
1.)I created this camber situation during my rear axle job somehow
2.) OR the problem was created recently before I acquired the car since the tires are not badly worn.
I did the rear axle job by the FSM and it went without a hitch. How the heck could something have gone wrong there?
Thank you for the continued thought,
dd