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Help, Inside tire edge worn on one wheel in the front. What to look for?

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Old 05-09-2004, 12:07 PM
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Default Help, Inside tire edge worn on one wheel in the front. What to look for?

I noticed inside edge of the front drivers side wheel was worn down when I was replacing a bad/noisy lower front control arm. I thought that was the reason for the the tires uneven wear but after rotating and 600 miles or so later, the tire I rotated to that position is starting to wear the same way even after changing all front control arms. I would just say excessive negative camber but the the tire shops say that they do plenty of A4's and for the small amount of drop that I have, the camber isn't that negative where I would need a camber kit. Also, it's only on the drivers side wheel - weird.
My car went from a stock nonsport set-up to about the height of a stock sport set-up. Any suggestions on what I should look for to resolve this before buying new tires?
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Tie rod end?
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Default Check the car to see if anything appears to be rubbing on the tire.. but check it without jacking..

the car up. Look good and hard, if you dont see anything then, I would think its probably a bad alignment or bent frame. Are you the second owner or no check to see if the front end is squar. You can do this buy measure from bolt to bolt one bolt on the top of the engin bay at the right to the bottom on the left same for the other side just top left to bottom right if you understand what im saying.
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