Back story, 2001 Civic ~220k miles. Back in December I had the lower control arm compliance bushings replaced. An alignment was done as part of the service. At the time tires still wearing evenly, bushings were replaced because they were obviously worn out on inspection and causing an occasion clanking noise. But otherwise steering was fine and no significant uneven tire wear observed and tires regularly rotated.
Fast forward to yesterday while changing oil ~6k miles later. Looking at tires noticed both front tires showing significant wear on inner part of tire. The tires were rotated just prior to alignment and no unusual/uneven inner wear noted. The left side is slightly worse than the right side but both showing wear. And rear tires that were rotated from the front just before alignment aren't showing excessive inner wear after 6k miles.
Talked to place bushings were done, he said alignment wouldn't have compensated for previous wear pattern. Didn't argue, but I know there was no significant wear at that point. So let discussion go with him for now.
Today went to local Honda dealer to order a part and ask about their ~$70 alignment and explained alignment at time of bushings. Serv writer said to bring it in and do a quick align check. The printout showed all good except camber slightly out of spec on right side only, and not an adjustable without a nut. Left side in spec. The results made no sense to me, so I have little confidence in that quick check reliability in this case.
My question is what would be the best course to follow now? Should I just go back to the guy who did the alignment and give him another shot, paying for another alignment pointing out the wear. Let the dealer try it even though their fancy quick check didn't seem accurate to me? And based on the service writers comments after the quick check, sounded like they wanted no part of it.
Lastly looking at the pic, what would be the most likely angle out of spec at this point? This is the left side tire, the side showing the most inner wear. TIA
Fast forward to yesterday while changing oil ~6k miles later. Looking at tires noticed both front tires showing significant wear on inner part of tire. The tires were rotated just prior to alignment and no unusual/uneven inner wear noted. The left side is slightly worse than the right side but both showing wear. And rear tires that were rotated from the front just before alignment aren't showing excessive inner wear after 6k miles.
Talked to place bushings were done, he said alignment wouldn't have compensated for previous wear pattern. Didn't argue, but I know there was no significant wear at that point. So let discussion go with him for now.
Today went to local Honda dealer to order a part and ask about their ~$70 alignment and explained alignment at time of bushings. Serv writer said to bring it in and do a quick align check. The printout showed all good except camber slightly out of spec on right side only, and not an adjustable without a nut. Left side in spec. The results made no sense to me, so I have little confidence in that quick check reliability in this case.
My question is what would be the best course to follow now? Should I just go back to the guy who did the alignment and give him another shot, paying for another alignment pointing out the wear. Let the dealer try it even though their fancy quick check didn't seem accurate to me? And based on the service writers comments after the quick check, sounded like they wanted no part of it.
Lastly looking at the pic, what would be the most likely angle out of spec at this point? This is the left side tire, the side showing the most inner wear. TIA