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Old 03-18-2010, 09:45 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Rear wheel is slanted

car: 09 camry

my rear driver wheel sit slanted although it doesn't pull left or right while driving im just afraid i might worn out my tires, the front wheel sit straight like this | but the back is something like / what causes this?

can someone plz help me out

everything is stock on the car



the first mark is from passenger rear wheel, the second mark is driver rear wheel
this is the driver side




the driver rear side is about 1cm deeper than the passenger side

can an alignment job fix this problem?
and yes i did hit a curb

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Old 03-18-2010, 10:06 PM   #2 (permalink)
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pics of the wheel may help, but it sounds like you have excessive camber on your rear wheels. if you're absolutely stock, you may have damage on the rear suspension.

is it slanted / as if youre looking at the car from the back or slanted as if you were looking at it from the top?
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Take it to the dealer.................
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Take it to the dealer.................
+1, you should still be covered under warranty
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Old 03-19-2010, 10:39 AM   #5 (permalink)
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yolifeisGOOD is your car brand new? If so, it should be covered under warranty. Otherwise, did you hit a curb or something?
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It should be covered under the 36/36 warranty, but only if you didn't do something to the car to encourage the bad camber angle.........Did you hit something real hard?
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I had one of these arms on the rear end twisted. Don't know how it happened, I just bought the car at that time. This caused alignment problems, but was hardly noticeable when just looking at the wheel. So I had to buy new arm to fix this. For my taste, rear arms are thin - they could easily twist.
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Got a sound system with a heavy box in the back?

...or a few bags of concrete?
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+1. Get it fixed under warranty.

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pics of the wheel may help, but it sounds like you have excessive camber on your rear wheels. if you're absolutely stock, you may have damage on the rear suspension.

is it slanted / as if youre looking at the car from the back or slanted as if you were looking at it from the top?
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yes i did hit a curb so i dont think it'll be cover under warranty, i've added some pics. how do i go about getting this fix? can anyone tell me what the problem is?
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Old 03-22-2010, 08:18 PM   #11 (permalink)
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i think its not safe to drive bc it could be something broken in there. jack yur car up, take the wheel off n take a look inside
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Old 03-22-2010, 08:54 PM   #12 (permalink)
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camber is adjustable by 2 bolts on the strut where is connects to the steering knuckle. An alignment will fix the issue.
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alright, i will take the car to the dealer for an alignment job tomorrow
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