Urgent Subaru help needed

[nocones77-vw at yahoo.com (nocones77-vw@yahoo.com)]

Dan's right. Unless you can actually see that the camber is wrong on that wheel, it probably isn't camber.

If it is in fact a problem with the toe, that's usually pretty easy to fix. The inside pivot point of the rear lower control arm where it attaches to the subframe is an eccentric bolt. You can usually get at least +/- 1/4" of toe in the rear. Might just be off, or slipped, or something like that.

If you have mis-matched tires due to either brand or wear, I'd recommend replacing all four. The viscous center differential is sensitive to surprisingly small differences in tire diameter. It can overheat and kill itself.

Neal
Vehicle history since '97: '88 Scirocco, '87 Scirocco, '99 2.5RS, '77 Scirocco, '04 STI, '00 2.5RS... :-)

----- Original Message ----
From: Dan Bubb <jdbubb@verizon.net>
To: Jim R <sciroccos@earthlink.net>; Scirocco-L <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, January 8, 2007 12:24:49 PM
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.
> 
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