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Originally Posted by Bushbasher
Gothefalcon, if the axle was bent, would you expect both sides to be scrubbed or just the bent side? If both, would you expect it to be even wear or uneven, side to side?
Here's the drivers side tyre;
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not quite as bad as the passenger side.
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If both back wheels aren't running "true" (parallel) due to the axle housing being bent back... but one side wears worse than the other, that could point to the bend being more to one side of the housing (only one axle tube, not both) or just worse on one side, than the other !?? either way, even if just one side was out of true, I would think both of the wheels would then track out of true (as in, one steers inwards at the front, the other gets pushed out of true whilst fighting against it) as they are both aiming in slightly different directions !??
It's all just theory untill you measure things accurately and find an issue or not. My 9in housing was only out by mm... I replaced it and it fixed it for me. No suspension changes required. As I said, apart from that one housing on that car, my rear tyres have always worn evenly. You've got something out of whack.... I can't see stiffer springs causing that.
For the last 6-9yrs I've had a stock BA wagon... so fairly soft rear springs... and my BF2 AWD Wagon which has 1tonner Ute springs with an extra intermediate leaf... so fairly stiff. The BA has normal Wagon body roll at the rear... the BF2 hardly rolls at all... tyre wear on both is even.
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