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Old Apr 13, 2013 | 12:28 PM
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Tire wear question

So i did an oil change and rotation today and noticed my back right inner part of my tire is worn a little more than my others, not insane though maybe 1mm. My car sits a little lower in that corner and makes clunking sometimes, you think the suspension is wearing my tire? And on top of this i broke a wheel stud lol
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Old Apr 13, 2013 | 12:39 PM
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chances are you need an alignment... and if your suspsension is saggin in that corner you probably have a torn bushing or worn spring...

***** of it is... you suspension tends to wear evenly with normal use... so if one is gone chances are the others are right behind....

my suggestion is pick up a new set of struts, your choice of springs and an energy suspension master bushing kit...
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Old Apr 13, 2013 | 12:43 PM
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I have an alignment and it know its good, your definetly
Saying the culprit is the suspension?, it will clunk occasion when the car flexes out of the driveways and over big holes
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Old Apr 13, 2013 | 12:50 PM
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i bent my front strut and it clunked all the time... and i would put money on it either you got a crappy alignment... or hit something since that threw it off... I did an alignment on my civic... left the shop and clipped a damn pothole... thing started to pull immediately...

if the alignment isn't the case then yea it must be suspension... and it would be only a few things, springs, control arm ball joints, trailing arm bushings,

things like rear diff mount bushings or mustache bar wouldn't effect anything height wise...

was is the amount of drop? park on the flattest surface you can find and measure ground clearance at the lift points.
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Old Apr 13, 2013 | 01:02 PM
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Its about a 1/4 inch to 1/2 left to right depending on where the car sits. Some people said it might be the strut losing gas and getting weak and they said that can affect it. I think its adding slight camber to the right wheel maybe

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Old Apr 14, 2013 | 04:46 PM
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toe will wear the inner shoulder faster than camber. on the rear of the car, there is a specific procedure to setting toe and camber, because the tow will change as you change the camber.

have a copy of the alignment specs? (print out from the shop)
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Old Apr 14, 2013 | 06:51 PM
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i unfortunately do not have the print out its a reputable tire shop. not a performance alignment shop the car drives great but i do think somethings going bad in the back right the wheels have toe in the rear i can see it and the right looks a tad more or maybe im crazy. but when i push the car down and lift i can hear a small de-binding sound along with some clunks when driving.
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Old Apr 14, 2013 | 06:54 PM
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it would be very difficult to see toe since it is typically made in adjustments of 1/32 of an inch at a time.

i had a very bad alignment experience recently, so unless you know for sure that it's in spec i would have it checked.
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Old Apr 14, 2013 | 06:59 PM
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You think the car can be sitting low because of that???
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Old Apr 14, 2013 | 07:25 PM
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sitting low because of what?

if the struts dying and lowering the car it could throw out the toe.
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Old Apr 15, 2013 | 02:35 AM
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Yea i figured it would affect it. This is one of those trial and error things, time for coilovers in the neat future
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Old Apr 15, 2013 | 05:41 AM
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Worn suspension could cause some sag and irregular tire wear. I would also have the alignment checked to make sure the rear didn't get tweaked somehow.
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Old Apr 15, 2013 | 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Neal@tirerack.
Worn suspension could cause some sag and irregular tire wear. I would also have the alignment checked to make sure the rear didn't get tweaked somehow.
Yea makes sense im going to order coils this week and see if it fixed the problem
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Old May 2, 2013 | 08:40 AM
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Update: installed new coilovers, still sags. i was told by an alinment shop my lower control arm bushing are bad on the low side, i ordered all the bushings a new eccentric bolt and hardware, can this be the culprit?
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Old May 2, 2013 | 10:25 AM
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I had the same issue (the clunk, not the sagging).. mine was fixed with replacing the spherical joints in the LCAs in the rear. GL.
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