Wheel Alignment Help

[Longtime Lurker]

A few months ago my card failed its MOT it needed new track rod ends, i had the garage change these, they also fitted two new front tyres and i had the front wheel alignment done as well.

I got the car back something just didn't feel right with the steering but i put in down to my imagination knowing that the work had been done.

I then noticed that the very inner edge of my tyres was excessively worn, (starting to show the cords) in less than 5000 miles and only a few months.

I put it down to the garage making a mess of the tracking and went to another garage to have new tyres fitted and again had the front wheel alignment done, last week i removed all my wheels as i was changing my discs and pads and noticed that again the inner edge of tyres is wearing really badly, again in less than 5000 miles.

I have now taken the car to have the four wheel alignment done (results below) i dont really understand the readings, was it bad? i now feel as though the car is pulling to the right but i still have the worn tyres on could they be causing this?

I have the car booked in for tyres tomorrow but am now worried i am going to be in the same boat again in a few thousand miles.

[shtu]

Your front wheels were both pointing inwards too much. (first picture, middle numbers, red)

They have adjusted it. (second picture, middle numbers, green)

Most likely that's the problem solved.



ETA - the numbers at the rear were out too, but not massively. The fronts were a mile off.

Edited by shtu on Friday 25th January 15:36

[Longtime Lurker]

shtu said:

Your front wheels were both pointing inwards too much. (first picture, middle numbers, red)

They have adjusted it. (second picture, middle numbers, green)

Most likely that's the problem solved.

Thanks for the reply, i have re posted the picture as i cant see it in my original post for some reason so didn't think it was there but it must be if you can see it

[kambites]

Hmm... in my experience less that one degree of overall front toe shouldn't cause tyres to wear that fast.

[Nad]

Negative toe is toe out and 1/2 degree will chew the inside edges in no time. Drift cars tend to run -0°10' a side at the front and that is considered a large amount.

[HustleRussell]

Your car had a massive one and a quarter degree toe out at the front which is massively wrong. Now it has a sensible amount of toe in and is within spec. Your tyre wear problem will have been rectified.

[HustleRussell]

shtu said:

Your front wheels were both pointing inwards too much. (first picture, middle numbers, red)

They have adjusted it. (second picture, middle numbers, green)

Most likely that's the problem solved.



ETA - the numbers at the rear were out too, but not massively. The fronts were a mile off.

Outwards. Also the rears haven’t been adjusted at all (which is fine)

[Matt_E_Mulsion]

I'm not surprised that the steering felt awful.

[Matt_E_Mulsion]

How can the first two garages have got it so wrong?

[GreenV8S]

Matt_E_Mulsion said:

How can the first two garages have got it so wrong?

Maybe there's a worn bush somewhere allowing toe-out to vary?