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Got car aligned, caster is off... does it matter? 700 1990

Ahhhh. I have the factory 16" wheels, and the caster is reading about 3.5 degrees for both of them, so that would explain it. The shop readings must be off a bit.

Also, it's still pulling a bit to the left. Very irritating. I'll check the tire pressure, and rotate the tires before I touch the alignment again. The tires are worn, especially on the outer edge on the front only. I don't understand why it's happening.

I've been blaming the tire wear and the appearance of the front end sitting higher on using "not for turbo cars" boge turbo-gas shocks a few years ago, but maybe this is normal tire wear for just having NEW shocks and not old ones.

Do tires normally wear evenly? I expect they would, and every single front bushing has been replaced in the last 5 years/50,000 miles. I think they were original before that.

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