Urgent Subaru help needed

[sciroccos at earthlink.net (Jim R)]

I guess it's toe, then.  Dunno if that has adjustable links, but there must
be some adjustment available, either through shims or an adjuster.

I just assumed it was really bad camber, cause the strut was replaced and it
looked adjustable.

There was no alignment on the insurance claim.  I called the body shop that
did the work to ask what their warranty was, to which they replied "the life
of the car."  When I told them about the wear, they replied "there's a lot
of factors that can affect alignment."

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dan Bubb [mailto:jdbubb@verizon.net]
>Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 1:25 PM
>To: Jim R; Scirocco-L
>Subject: Re: Urgent Subaru help needed
>
>
>Camber usually isn't the cause of tire wear unless it's extreme as
>in over 3?.
>More likely it's incorrect toe.
>I know nothing about Subaru's
>Dan
>
>From: "Jim R" <sciroccos@earthlink.net>
>To: "Scirocco-L" <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 12:04 PM
>Subject: OT: Urgent Subaru help needed
>
>
>> Any Subaru mechanics on the List?  I need some help.
>>
>> My wife's 2005 Impreza was hit from the side when it was only a few weeks
>> old (2 years ago).  The body shop that did the repair failed to align the
>> rear corner wheel that was hit and the inside of that tire has
>worn badly,
>> indicating excessively negative camber.
>>
>> The bodyshop guy is telling me that the rear camber is
>non-adjustable.  Can
>> someone confirm this?  The car has two strut mounting bolts; it
>looks just
>> like a VW A1 front strut at the mounting point.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>>