Bad alignment cause bad strut???

[hooterville]

Could a horribly done alignment cause a strut to go bad? Got my alignment done at a local place. They completely screwed up and the rear tires ended up like this: /----\, though not that extreme. The tires wore out and one of the rear struts went bad. The front was done perfect but the rear was f'ed up.

 

[sdpatt]

Since the rear camber is not adjustable (unless you have installed a camber adjustment kit), chances are that no, they didn't screw it up. Have you added a few hundred pounds to the trunk lately? That would make the rear end squat and the camber go negative as you have described?

 

[SHOZ123]

Or the strut is bent at the pinch bolt clamp.

<small>[ September 11, 2002, 03:41 PM: Message edited by: SHOZ123 ]</small>