ishredNH
11-02-2009, 02:50 PM
I had a flat on Friday. I took the tire off to swap to the spare and noticed a really odd wear pattern. The inner part of the right rear was completely worn. That night i went home and swapped to my winters. As I took each tire off it was apparent that all 4 had significant inner tire wear. The tires have 20k+ miles on them and are pretty much junk (the car has 28k). They have been rotated/aligned on schedule so that isn't the issue. I did some research and judging from the wear pattern it looks like either A. I have bent/worn suspension parts on all 4 wheels or B. The alignment is way off. I haven't hit a single pothole since my last alignment in May. For those of you knowledgable about this kind of stuff what do you think? I had belknap subaru do the alignment and the car has been back 3-4 with another rotation mid summer. The sketchy part is I had the car there last week up on the lift and they didnt even mention a tire wear issue to me. As the pictures below will show they are unevenly worn pretty bad. Last time i was there they said the tread was getting low which i was aware of. Is It possible they could have completely botched the alignment? I'm going there in a few hours to show them. Thoughts? Comments? Opinions?
Front
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj143/ishrednh/IMG_9570.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj143/ishrednh/IMG_9572.jpg
Rear
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj143/ishrednh/IMG_9579.jpg
Front
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj143/ishrednh/IMG_9570.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj143/ishrednh/IMG_9572.jpg
Rear
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj143/ishrednh/IMG_9579.jpg