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Rear tire wear (850) 850 1996

posted by  sevenvolvos on  Thu Feb 3 10:50 CST 2005
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A '96 854 just showed very severe rear tire wear suddenly. The inside edges of the tires are worn to the point that the radial wires are showing and one went flat!
What can cause this?
It was OK at 150k miles last summer.
Is there a bushing problem?

Thanks,
Rich








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    Rear tire wear (850) 850 1996

    posted by  someone claiming to be 4Volvos on  Thu Feb 3 11:04 CST 2005 [RELATED]

    It can be anything from just an alingnment adjustment to bent delta links.








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      Rear tire wear (850) 850 1996

      posted by  sevenvolvos on  Tue Feb 8 12:28 CST 2005
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      The reason for the severe rear tire wear is that one of the transverse arms/delta links/Y arms had the end part, called a bushing, broken off. The car had visable negative rear camber as a result. The new ends, called bushings, are about $75 each and require that one arm be removed.
      Looking at $300+ for repair!
      Plus $60 for alignment afterward. Groan!
      Just a FYI.

      S'V'







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