I need some help. I have nice set of Dunlap Z rated tires on the rear of my 02 Accord coupe. The outsides of my tires are worn down to the belt in under 8000 miles.
I recently replaced the struts with a budget brand from eBay. Had them installed by a friend from work who works out of his shop at home. I had a recent front end alignment and they found a bent arm or something in the rear. The arm was repaired and re installed.
Since the strut install there is a strange wiggle in the rear when i hit a bump. like the azz end shifts to the right, like a fish tail. I have had my car up on the rack and do not see anything visually alarming.

symptoms: Tail wagging on bumps while on freeway
Tires are wearing on the outside and quickly

Some hunting i found a nice site here explaining that its camber but my car doesn't have adjustable links...

 

Outside tire wear= positive camber.

 

If it were the Struts it would be chopping the Tires not balding the outside so probably not those. It's gotta be the Camber.


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struts that are too long would cause positive camber. positive camber is your problem like others stated. your struts are probably the reason for the positive camber.


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Ok, positive camber is my call to but what would cause the rear end to move around and what would cause the tire to wear down? I have been racking my brain and picking every garage mechanic i know or even dont know! I hope you pro's can help me narrow it down so i can replace the that part and bring it back to original.

One Honda guy suggested i just buy adjustable rear end links and be done with it....

 

Camber causes the wear due to a smaller patch of your tires taking the weight. The other problem sounds like body roll. This can be caused by weak struts. You said that it shift to the right which probably means the stout on that side is weaker. That's the risk of buying EBay bargain brands.


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Is the toe adjustable in the rear on this model? Sounds like some possible bad toe out on one side in the rear.

 

Those tires look worn. Can you take a picture of the whole tread? Hard to see what the inside blocking looks like.

 

why would you do a front wheel alignment only? do a 4 wheels and get the measurements on the rear so you can actually have a clue what all is wrong. you do have problems though, chances are its more than one bent part...