For those that do not know, occam's razor states a simple theory, that the simplest solution is usually the correct one.
Many know that for months I have been having trouble with my rear tires tilting in towards the car at the top, causing me to go through a set of tires in a month. I hadn't had money for a while and had been looking through solutions, had gone and looked underneath about once a week for anything broken or loose, and finally got the money ready for checking the springs and shocks and found out the probable cause...
Not one person suggested the same thing and no one thought of this...
I pulled the tires off (the start of my problems, the bolts were stubborn and needed a four foot breaker bar to get off). Now that's not normal, but I carried on, I've had vehicles with aluminum rims so having seized bolts was normal to me. I pull off the struts in the back, both in very good shape. Can't get my spring compressor into the springs, though I can tell they still have strength in them, though not a hundred percent still good...
I give up for the night, and go to put the tires back on, and the lug nuts go about a third the way on and get stuck, so pull everything off, and lo and behold, ALL of the bolts, have warped threads (though VERY slightly) which when I got to that point finally putting everything on, it took a LOT of force to get the nut past there and then it spun freely to snug. I believe that most of the shops its been in to get new tires put on just torqued it, and when it hit that point, stopped, not realizing they hadn't put the tires on properly, time and time again. So going out right now to get new lug nuts and bolts, comes to about $4 each and doing all 8 on the rear, so a mere $32 compared to full new suspension, which will be happening in a few months.
In conclusion, wheels sitting wrong, simplest solution = wheels not on correctly.....
The correct solution....
Now going to fix and let you know how it goes...
Many know that for months I have been having trouble with my rear tires tilting in towards the car at the top, causing me to go through a set of tires in a month. I hadn't had money for a while and had been looking through solutions, had gone and looked underneath about once a week for anything broken or loose, and finally got the money ready for checking the springs and shocks and found out the probable cause...
Not one person suggested the same thing and no one thought of this...
I pulled the tires off (the start of my problems, the bolts were stubborn and needed a four foot breaker bar to get off). Now that's not normal, but I carried on, I've had vehicles with aluminum rims so having seized bolts was normal to me. I pull off the struts in the back, both in very good shape. Can't get my spring compressor into the springs, though I can tell they still have strength in them, though not a hundred percent still good...
I give up for the night, and go to put the tires back on, and the lug nuts go about a third the way on and get stuck, so pull everything off, and lo and behold, ALL of the bolts, have warped threads (though VERY slightly) which when I got to that point finally putting everything on, it took a LOT of force to get the nut past there and then it spun freely to snug. I believe that most of the shops its been in to get new tires put on just torqued it, and when it hit that point, stopped, not realizing they hadn't put the tires on properly, time and time again. So going out right now to get new lug nuts and bolts, comes to about $4 each and doing all 8 on the rear, so a mere $32 compared to full new suspension, which will be happening in a few months.
In conclusion, wheels sitting wrong, simplest solution = wheels not on correctly.....
The correct solution....
Now going to fix and let you know how it goes...
