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Car shakes at highspeed, wears inside of tires

When i drive the car at around 60mph and above car shakes and i noticed that the tires wear down pretty fast at the inside of the tread. someone said it might not be the cars alignment but the ball joints. what do you think is wrong with it?

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Missaligned front end cause drift to a side of road and cause tire wear. major cause of worn tires is wrong 'toe in" adjustment. "camber" alignment may cause tire wear.

shaking can be caused by improperly balanced tires and bent disc brakes.

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Sounds like its either your "camber angle" or your tires aren't balanced correctly

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