Ok I'll bite! What do you mean? That the camber isn't adjustable on the Sonata?

This post has been edited by PaulW: Aug 15 2008, 02:35 PM

that's what he means.. when he went to have them adjusted after he put in his Eibach springs, the tech told him they were not adjustable (i believe).. or something like that

Well if that's the case then does that mean there is something else wrong with the car?

Maybe a trip to the dealership is in order, not to an alignment shop that I was thinking of.

Paul

I don't know why I didn't think of it before but I just checked hmaservice.com

I looked for the wheel alignment procedure and found the following in regard to the front wheels:

"Camber is pre-set at the factory and doesn't need to be adjusted. If the camber is not within the standard value, replace the bent or damaged parts."


The rear camber is adjustable thou. On the front you can only adjust the Toe.

The car is going in for service next week for sure!

Paul

Your tires are 16 inch tires, mines are v rated 17 inch tires.

I do more city driving than you so my tires i worn downed due to stop and go traffic, yours are still good because the highway system you use, in california there are plenty roads that need to repaired where i live.

This post has been edited by cantfoolthewise: Aug 15 2008, 03:09 PM

well, true you're are 17's and mine arent, but even the 17" OEM Michelin's are touring tires.. (i assume you have the Pilots?) - and even the 16's are V rated...

but im sure your roads are worse than mine.. even with that, if i only got 20k miles on a set of tires, i would be extremely p*ssed off.. (i drive that much in 1 year, cant afford to replace each year)..

We've got 17" Michelins, just turned 28k on the clock, and she's over 3 years old - well over half the tread left. Our driving is 99% stop-and-go. Like Bean said, camber is the problem.

A really easy way to check this just to get a rough idea ... with your wheels pointed straight ahead get a tape measure and check the distance between the tires, in the middle, in the front. Then do the same on the back side of the tires. You'll likely see the measurement between the back sides to be longer than the front sides. Some positive camber is to be expected, but too much causes too much wear on the outsides of the tires. If camber is at zero you car will usually wander all over the road. Negative camber also causes "some" wandering and wears the inside of your tires.

I have one of the front Tires Outside Worn Down. Visited 2 shops. One of them said it has only caster issue, other one said strut & fork. And here I saw it could be also axle.
But I'm going to install adjustable ball joint. Hope that will fix it.

What do you guys think?

Hey idiom, what shops did you take it too? Dealership or Independent?

I can't say on the balljoint question because I ain't got a clue! :)

Paul

2 dealers. Question is:
Will bent strut issue fixed by adjustable ball joint(Camber fix)?

I would insist the dealer fix it before spending any money on it. Save that until the warranty is out. :thumbsup: If they keep saying nothing's wrong then have them explain the cause to you. They'll probably come back with "you're cornering too hard" or something like that but don't let them roll over you.

It's accident related...Will try to get money from insurance. But accident is 5 mo old.

This post has been edited by idiom: Aug 17 2008, 09:23 PM

Ah, OK. LOL, I didn't even realize someone else came into the conversation. I was sitting here thinking "I thought they said both tires were wearing ...". Duh.