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Slapped my winters on. Upon pulling the front right wheel off I noticed the inner part of the tire is wearing way faster.

Camber issue?
 

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I'm betting that camber is more negative on that side than the other, and that there is not enough toe-in.
 

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Take your car to a decent alignment shop.. request a before & after print out/reading...
Post the results here....
Oh part of your problem maybe that the front suspension bushings/components may be worn. That tire just seems to be worn on 1 side, not cupped or feathered... which is a good thing.
How does your car ride down the road? Other than pulling to the right does it behave badly?
 

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Rides pretty sweet, no complaints. Has almost all new suspension now, strut rod bushings, control arms, struts and coils all around.

I suspect the strut rods may need to be tweaked from when I replaced the bushings in the front. Got an alignment scheduled a few hours from now, will for sure post the pre and post measurements.
 

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So I got the car back, and they said they couldn't align it because I need a shim and a cam bolt to properly make the adjustments. I asked for the printout and this is what they gave me:

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I'm a little confused, is actual what my current measurement is? and "before" is before they adjusted anything?


Edit: if actual readings are the way they left it, it seems my alignment would be worse then no?
 
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take it to a different shop.

if I take that printout at face value, they have screwed it up even worse than it was before.

according to my Ford shop manual, the TOTAL toe should be -.225" to .150", which means that at .70" they have it set to scrub the tread off your tires in no time.

but, if it was really -.56" (toe-out) prior to them looking at it, that would explain why there was no tread left on the inside edge of the front tire.
 

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