Inside wear on rear tyres
Discussion
As the title suggests, the rear tyres on my 3R are wearing on the inside. The handling seems fine, but then maybe I'm just used to it the way it is.
It does look like the camber is too much (but then I've not measured it) and I was thinking maybe I need to adjust the camber a bit - however I can see that there is no way to adjust the camber other than to shim it!
And now after reading a few posts I'm wondering if maybe it's the toe in that's the problem.
I'd like to get this sorted, so the question is, is this something I can do myself or should I take it to the local garage or do I need to take ot to a specialist / independant to get it setup properly?
If you've got any advice and or recomendations in the Bath area that would be great
It does look like the camber is too much (but then I've not measured it) and I was thinking maybe I need to adjust the camber a bit - however I can see that there is no way to adjust the camber other than to shim it!
And now after reading a few posts I'm wondering if maybe it's the toe in that's the problem.
I'd like to get this sorted, so the question is, is this something I can do myself or should I take it to the local garage or do I need to take ot to a specialist / independant to get it setup properly?
If you've got any advice and or recomendations in the Bath area that would be great
Ian187 said:
As the title suggests, the rear tyres on my 3R are wearing on the inside. The handling seems fine, but then maybe I'm just used to it the way it is.
It does look like the camber is too much (but then I've not measured it) and I was thinking maybe I need to adjust the camber a bit - however I can see that there is no way to adjust the camber other than to shim it!
And now after reading a few posts I'm wondering if maybe it's the toe in that's the problem.
I'd like to get this sorted, so the question is, is this something I can do myself or should I take it to the local garage or do I need to take ot to a specialist / independant to get it setup properly?
If you've got any advice and or recomendations in the Bath area that would be great
Has your car had the camber altered from standard ?It does look like the camber is too much (but then I've not measured it) and I was thinking maybe I need to adjust the camber a bit - however I can see that there is no way to adjust the camber other than to shim it!
And now after reading a few posts I'm wondering if maybe it's the toe in that's the problem.
I'd like to get this sorted, so the question is, is this something I can do myself or should I take it to the local garage or do I need to take ot to a specialist / independant to get it setup properly?
If you've got any advice and or recomendations in the Bath area that would be great
Unless the up-rights have been machined to accept shims, you will not be able to alter the camber. As someone else suggested check (or have checked by a competent mechanic) all the suspension components and if these are fine then get the toe checked. If you're wearing out the insides of the tyres, then it's possible that for some reason the car has been set with toe-out (should be toe-in on the rears). But more likely it's just ball joints gone.
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