Rear Wheels

[cobrakidd03]

I just noticed the the rear wheels on my SHO are tilted inward on both sides. What causes this? The driver side is the worst. I also noticed that the in side of the tires are really worn.

 

[SHOred]

You probably have some worn bushings and need the rear wheels aligned.

Henry

 

[Kens1992mtxSHO]

Depending on the year of you SHO (89-92) you'll only be able to adjust the toe on the rear.

 

[cobrakidd03]

My SHO is a 94. which bushing are you refering to?

 

[93rev2sev]

Things that can increase your rear wheel camber:

Worn Strut mounts(not visible without taking the suspension apart).
Worn Wheel bearings.
Worn Suspension bushings (control arm bushings...both inboard and outboard).
Tweaked rear strut towers (you would have to hit one helluva dip in the road....reapeatedly...).

 

[Eric VerValin]

how old is your suspension? I would bet its the mounts more than anything. mine did that until I got new mounts.. It did turn really good tho when it was "wrong" lol

 

[cobrakidd03]

I just bought the car last friday. I am pretty sure it may be the original suspension. it seems to be tight as far as going over dips. the car doesnt bounce up and down after going over dips.

 

[encryptshun]

my car bounces like a boat when going over big dips, would could that be? (sorry for thread stealing)

 

[cobrakidd03]

sounds like you need to change the rear shocks and springs and struts

 

[mooseSHO46]

encryptshun change your rear suspension its probably shocks

 

[Eric VerValin]

One good thing is, that when it gets old, your pretty much forced to update things. You can get the eccentric bushings for the ends of your stamped LCA's, but for about the same price, you can get those sexy tubular control arms. You can't really get the strut rod bushings without the LCA's out of the way, so its a good time to do those too.

It's a pain, but if you have a friend with a torch, you'll have a lot more of an enjoyable time swapping them. To change the mount up top, you almost need to remove the whole thing so while your in there.. might as well ya know? Good luck..

 

[SeanMc]

I have Koni/Intrax and rear adjustable arms...they still point out a bit. But I have it set to 1.2* of negative camber

 

[yamahaSHO]

Depending on the year of you SHO (89-92) you'll only be able to adjust the toe on the rear.

My '95 had only one cambered bushing per side. I have since replaced them with adjustables.

As far as the negative camber... I bet the suspension is also sagging pretty low. New springs and struts should fix the problem.