Uneven rear tyre wear.

Submitted: Friday, May 28, 2010 at 16:21
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Hoping that somebody may have experienced this problem and has some advice on how to fix the problem.

Having checked the tyres on our 80 Series Landcruiser, I found the left hand rear tyre was wearing unevenly, it showed signs of excessive wear only on the inside edge about the first 50/75mm & no further abnormal wear evident,
Checking all other tyres & also thinking if I had rotated tyres from the front (could have been previous wear from front toe adjustment) which I had not I could not work out why this tyre was wearing in this manner.
Upon taking vehicle in to have the alignment checked after replacing tyres, the alignment showed that the rear axle on the left hand side was toe-out 6mm but the right hand side toe-in 2mm.
Trying to think if vehicle had ever been damaged in anyway (accident or 4wd damage)and as I have had vehicle for 7 years it certainly had not been in any accidents etc I could not work this tyre wear out,
Further checks on the complete alignment showed the wheel base from side to side was different by about 10mm & the rear axle assembly was sitting about 4mm further to the left hand side of vehicle ( vehicle has not been lifted significantly - only to assist in extra weight placed in rear & towing caravan). Checking all rear control arm bushes & control arms/locating brackets, no abnormal wear was evident & nothing looks out of place. Thus I am stumped to know what has caused this or how to rectify problem! Any suggestions
Farouk
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