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Anonymous Posted on Aug 29, 2013

Hi, ihave 2007 colt . I have got uneven tyre wear on insde edge on both rear Wheels can the rear wheels be re alignment or is it more serious

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Yes the rear wheels can be aligned. They usually align them to the front wheels in a 4 wheel alignment situation. What you probably have is called excessive Negative camber.
Here is an image that can help show you what your vehicle is doing to the tires.
wheel-alignment
This also all depends on if the vehicle does not have damaged suspension parts. Though having both wheels doing the same thing makes me think it is an adjustment or an over weighted vehicle problem.

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    Yes the rear wheels can be aligned. They usually align them to the front wheels in a 4 wheel alignment situation. What you probably have is called excessive Negative camber.
    Here is an image that can help show you what your vehicle is doing to the tires.
    wheel-alignment
    This also all depends on if the vehicle does not have damaged suspension parts. Though having both wheels doing the same thing makes me think it is an adjustment or an over weighted vehicle problem.

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  • Posted on Nov 30, 2009

SOURCE: Uneven rear wheel tyre wear on Volkswagen Eos

Be sure that the screws that hold the wheel are firmly an uniformly screwed. Check if on the both sides you've got the same problem.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 06, 2010

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.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 10, 2010

SOURCE: rear tyre wear on out side edge both tyres on ford

Hi, Check your rear shocks are not leaking or just had it as this can cause excessive tyre wear. Hope this helps.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Sep 01, 2010

SOURCE: rear wheels on a 2001 dodge stratus rt are

Yes, it could be alignment, it could also be wheel bearing's, have it check out, at that time they will check wheel bearing's also.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 25, 2011

SOURCE: I own a 1998 Rav4.

CHECK OUT THE CAM SUB-ASSY, REAR SUSPENSION TOE ADJUST. THIS IS A REAR CAMBER ADJUSTMENT AND CAN REQUIRE YOU TO ADJUST THE REAR SETTINGS.

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This sounds strange. You have to confirm if the rear diff is mounted correct and confirm that the diff is not bent. The easy way is to take it in to a tire shop and check the wheel alignment.
Good luck.
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Uneven tyre wear can only really be caused by either worn suspension or steering components, or wheel alignment angles incorrect. The best way to check this out is to get a wheel alignment carried out by a reputable specialist, as they will (or certainly should) go over your suspension and steering first to make sure there are no faults before they reset the wheel alignment. The other thing to note is that if the uneven tyre wear is bad enough the wheel alignment won't fix the wear problem, just slow it down.
The shimmy could be caused by a couple of things (driveshaft out of balance, tyre fault, wheel balance) but the best thing to do initially is get the wheels balanced first and see if that fixes the problem, and then go from there.
The same company should be able to both the alignment and balance, and these jobs should both be done periodically (at least whenever you replace tyres) to improve tyre life and make the vehicle easier and nicer to drive.

Hope this helps,
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