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Is my rear axle beam a bit goofed?

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Old Nov 19, 2024 | 01:52 AM
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Is my rear axle beam a bit goofed?

The alignment looks cocked-eyed at the rear. It’s in spec but the left camber out by 0.7* and the right toe is out by a whopping 0.11*.

I’m planning on shimming up the rear to a zero toe at the rear… along with front camber bolts. But the camber difference has got me worried.




 
Old Nov 19, 2024 | 09:06 AM
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I saw something similar on my mother's 2020. It hasn't been in any collisions, so it's either a factory defect or something the technician did with the alignment tool. Don't rule out the latter - they (Martin Honda, Newark DE) talked my (mechanically mostly-clueless) mother into a full alignment over the machine's rounding error on the front toe. The "before" number was in spec (0.12) but highlighted as needing adjustment. The opposite wheel had proportionally opposite toe, resulting in almost zero total toe - they had turned the steering wheel slightly off-center (maybe taking advantage of the give in the torque sensor) to make it look like adjustment was needed. The wheel was not perceptibly off-center while driving before or after.
 

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Old Nov 19, 2024 | 11:33 AM
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That’s kinda what I figured (the latter).

This car was in some fender-benders. By the cost it was just bumper replacements and paint.

Judging by a crease in the left rear rocker panel the previous owner rubbed up against a curb in a parking lot. Most likely low speed so I don’t think it could do some damage.

The car did hit a pot hole or somthing because the front toe was way out of wack… which again doesn’t bother be because this car has the “pre-bent” tie rod design that is a bit weak when it comes to bumps.
 
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