Longene Suchil

I am experiencing excess tire wear symptoms after replacing upper control arms, outer tie rods with new replacements on my 1995 LS Integra.Tie rods were an exact match, but after installing everything and marking the locations of the worn tie rods and upper control arms before removing them (so I would have a pretty good shot at being close on the alignment) my car pulled to the left, steering wheel wasn't horizontal and my tires are getting shredded after 45 mile trip. I tried the tape measure fix with a short lived decent result, measured in the slot of the rotors, front and back, which measured 58 3/4 inches in back, and 58 inches Front. It seemed to feel okay and I noticed when I made a turn it felt faster. It didn't pull right or left, but upon inspection, the wheels are showing signs of cupping and roughness around the outer perimeter. I have had these tires for three years and diligently maintained tire pressure (33 psi) and rotated them every 3200-5000 mile intervals with out abnormal wear. So what do you think could be wrong? I need a solution which I can fix myself because money is scarce. Thank you for your expertise and time.

kyden

you can do a string alignment if you're capable. otherwise you're gonna have to bite the bullet and get a real alignment.

TPB

If you're saying that your total toe in is 3/4", that's your problem there.

bnetkillzone

Alignment is needed. Toe has to be at some extreme spec currently.

jdmh22eg2

Deff toe, how ever i do prob 20 alignments a day, and MOST not all cupping is from worn struts (rapid up and down movement) that causes cuping.

But either way you need alingment. Marking old location does NOTHING when installing new parts, as those marks are were your has settled with worn/broken parts