Bob <
Bo...@privacy.net> wrote:
>Lets forget about the uneven tyre wear for a moment, why would virtually all
>my suspension geometry be out so much to BMW's own standard such that one
>wheel is even outside BMW's own tolerance for camber by quite a bit and will
>need to go into the BMW garage for work, probably a different suspension arm
>(there are two lengths, +30 and -30). This is in two years and 24,000 miles
>of mainly driving two up without luggage or anything heavy in the vehicle.
>Suspension geometry out of true will cause tyre wear problems and my
>suspension is out of true in so many ways. The question is why and maybe how
>many others have a similar problem?
Because the kid at the tire store doesn't really understand anything about
the suspension geometry, he only knows to put it up on the machine with the
arrows in the right place and read what the machine tells him to do.
Maybe one of the arrows wasn't in the right place. Maybe you have some
worn suspension component somewhere that he didn't catch because he doesn't
really know how to check everything before putting it on the machine. One
worn control arm bushing will screw all kinds of stuff up.
Take it to a BMW shop, or take it to a place that specializes in alignments.
I have seen more cars screwed up by kids at tire shops than you would believe.
You need someone who actually understands suspension geometry to look at it.
There may be nothing wrong at all.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."