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Anonymous Posted on Aug 08, 2013

Tracking, new tyres fitted and worn on inside in 6 weeks, had alignment done but they will not go straight, any ideas please

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If they did the alignment correctly, you should be perfect. Now, on the other hand...any shop doing an alignment on a vehicle should be required to check all the suspension parts for damage and wear. Even a slightly loose ball joint or bushing needs to be replaced before such an alignment is done. Shops are notorious for shabby work nowadays and it is so hard to find a decent mechanic to do a job correctly. If your not happy with the job, bring it back and ask why it is doing this to the tires. I know it has been a while since you had the alignment down, but that is besides the point. Maybe the alignment guy was off that day and some other guy pretended he was an alignment guy, lol. When I get mine done, I love to sit in the window and watch them so called professionals do the work. They should give you a paper readout of the settings found and change to. But, most of all they should always check for worn parts that are almost always present. After and alignment, the mechanic better take it for a test drive. If that vehicle does not go straight down the road with hands off the wheel, it was not done correctly, period.

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SOURCE: 2004 mitsubishi outander rear wheels tilting - extreme tyre wear.

Yes there is adjustment. You need to get the alignment checked out. It could be worn bushes and/or damage to the suspension linkages and struts.

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