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Inner tire wear on rears / Control arms??
Mechanic recently told me i need new rear arms due to heavy inner wear on my rear tires. 19 Stocks. About $2300, this is on top of the $3200 i just paid for the service, so you can see my reluctance. On closer inspection myself i noticed the wear only to be on the driver side rear not the passenger. My question / questions are do both rear arms need to be replaced together (left and right), should i get a second opinion or should i just try my luck and get a wheel alignment done? The tires are in reasonable shape other than the inner wear on the driver side I have researched this but opinions seem divided, camber etc...... thanks in advance and thanks for all the other times you guys have bailed me out of trouble with the search of a few key words. By the way, my car is a late 05' 3.0 sport with 42000 on the clock if that helps |
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take it to a good alignment guy. have to adjust the camber washers on the rear swing arm. if that doesnt solve the problem go to bavauto and pickup the camber bushing kit. just use the camber bushing and not the toe bushings.
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WOW I'm not the only one! Whew!
I replaced all tires $1400 then one year later noticed same wear as you. Replaced rear tires and had 4 wheel alignment and some other stuff $3000. Now six months later I notice inside wear again. I called yesterday and they say X5 has a negative camber and that's the way they are. Going to call BMW shop today and see what they say. I'm also going to check into what jst2878 suggested. OzE53, Keep us updated |
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I'm not seeing the camber bushing kit. Do you have a part # ?
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OZ, assumingthe tire-pressure are all within limit and only one side wear prematurely, I 'll say check the control arm.
Yes the negative camber is super agressive on X5 but the wear should be on both tires, I can only get about 30-32kmile out of 19" set on mine. |
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Thanks guys, i think i might take advice from jst2878 and go to a good alignment shop first and have the camber washers looked at, with a bit of luck that will sort me out, cheers mate.
Tapia, you're definitely not alone, i feel your pain but for the money you've spent and the number of alignments you've gone through with no luck then mabye you might want to have your control arms looked at. Im hoping mine is just an alignment issue as my wear is only on one side and i have no other symptoms like squeaking or shaking. Negative camber yes but your situation sounds a little excessive. Let me know how you go though HPIA4v2, i run 32-34psi all round and i check them pretty reguarly but because the wear is only on one side i'm kind of hoping its an alignment issue and not an entire control arm. Hoping! Ill keep you guys posted, thanks for the input |
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I just bought an '04 4.8is from Carmax with MaxCare extended warranty and I love the X5! It's the wifey's car (so she thinks), I have an '03 540i/6spd. However, after having so much fun with the X I finally noticed that the rear inner wall corners are f'n worn the f out. Any more tips on how to resolve it? Camber kit should do the trick? If so, does anyone have a write up on diy?
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I had inside wear on my 05 3.0i.. 4 new tire and a 4 wheel alignment.. waiting to see how long the last.. be carfull they dont mess up the adaptive head light sensor when the do the alignment... Yep mine went ape on me still trying to fix
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mine too....i replaced all 4 tires sept and rear tires are back to being shitty again...both inside wear.....took it to pep boys last time....this time just today had my old tires and replaced right side due to more wear and buying time to get another set of tires ..this time will take your advice and take it to a good mechanic preferably bimmer clinic or someone specialized on our brand.....
has anybody replaced their tires with 315/50/20?....or anything sort of thicker than 35 on the back tires?..figure i may get more mileage from them...the tires ( bridgestone sport RFT i got about 20k on them..)
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Camber is commonly blamed for tire wear on the rear but if control arms aren't loose I would pay much more attention to toe in. Make sure it is set to the minimum, not just "within spec"
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