sickwilly
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- Mar 31, 2017
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- Vehicle Year
- 2003
- Make / Model
- ranger xlt
- Engine Size
- 3.0
- Transmission
- Automatic
My front tires are wearing on the inside, the left isn't that bad, but the right is the one I'm concerned with; it wears almost entirely on the inside ( its new so its kinda easy to see) I even thought about seeing if I could have the tire flipped around just so i could get my money's worth out of it. Anyway I had an alignment done several months ago and im still getting bad inner tire wear and the alignment printout shows: left and right respectively-
camber -.5 / -.4
caster 2.1 / 2.4
toe. .05 / .03
Everything appears to be dead center except for caster, which shouldn't cause inside tire wear.
My first question is -with computerized equipment (its a new Kaufmann so i assume new equipment) how possible is it that the tech screwed up and the printout is somehow wrong. Not very likely i would think.
So assuming its right, my main question is: if I had worn springs, ball joints, something out of whack or whatever ,wouldn't the printout still show camber as being off. I would think the obvious answer is yes but I aint a mechanic so I'll ask.
The truck is a 2003 XLT ,no lift , no extras, bone stock.
FWIW I have swapped the 2 fronts and the other tire wears the same way, so it doesnt appear to be just that tire. I also replaced both outer tie rods and one inner tie rod right BEFore the alignment and nothing else appears to be worn.
So IF i had worn coil springs (just as an example)causing negative camber, would that show up in the report. I would think so, just not sure how literal i should take that printout. I appreciate any help.
camber -.5 / -.4
caster 2.1 / 2.4
toe. .05 / .03
Everything appears to be dead center except for caster, which shouldn't cause inside tire wear.
My first question is -with computerized equipment (its a new Kaufmann so i assume new equipment) how possible is it that the tech screwed up and the printout is somehow wrong. Not very likely i would think.
So assuming its right, my main question is: if I had worn springs, ball joints, something out of whack or whatever ,wouldn't the printout still show camber as being off. I would think the obvious answer is yes but I aint a mechanic so I'll ask.
The truck is a 2003 XLT ,no lift , no extras, bone stock.
FWIW I have swapped the 2 fronts and the other tire wears the same way, so it doesnt appear to be just that tire. I also replaced both outer tie rods and one inner tie rod right BEFore the alignment and nothing else appears to be worn.
So IF i had worn coil springs (just as an example)causing negative camber, would that show up in the report. I would think so, just not sure how literal i should take that printout. I appreciate any help.