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Title: rear wheel splayed
Post by: omegav6est on 17 February 2009, 18:24:49

i have a 96 2.5 v6 estate and have noticed today that the rear wheels arent straight,they seem to be pointing in at the top and out at the bottom quite a lot.the tyres arent wearing and she seems to handle ok,is this correct or is summit broke again...lol thanks

Title: Re: rear wheel splayed
Post by: markey mark on 17 February 2009, 18:25:30

check your springs  :y

Title: Re: rear wheel splayed
Post by: omegav6est on 17 February 2009, 18:28:34

i'll do that 2moz.would i not notice anything else if a spring was broken? a clonk or a knock.

Title: Re: rear wheel splayed
Post by: markey mark on 17 February 2009, 18:29:43

no mate it just snaps the pigtail off them and drops it in the road  :(
if you find ther broken give me a shout a have a few spare sets  :y

Title: Re: rear wheel splayed
Post by: omegav6est on 17 February 2009, 18:32:07

thanks for that,thats quite a scary thought really init?i must admit it does seem very slightly low at the back as well.still i love the car so just another job to add to the list.

Title: Re: rear wheel splayed
Post by: sassanach on 17 February 2009, 18:55:26

i believe they are supposed to have negative camber, somewhere in the region of minus 2 degrees.

Title: Re: rear wheel splayed
Post by: Miggy24 on 17 February 2009, 20:14:17

saying that my o/s/f wheel is like that and i dont know why its been like it since iv had the car and it passed its mot with it like that

Title: Re: rear wheel splayed
Post by: Seth on 18 February 2009, 21:14:39

The rears have negative camber (ie top of wheel inclined inwards).