I recently took our LeSabre to get an alignment (they do all four wheels) and could only get the front two completed. They charged me half the price which was nice but the mechanic stated that because the bushings are shot in the rear control arms...which is causing a noticeable misalignment back there and wear on the insides of the two rear tires...that I'd need to get the arms replaced. He said you can just replace bushings but it's not recommended considering the age of the vehicle.
Looking at parts and videos since then, I'm wondering if he meant the lateral arms so my question is this (if it's easy to answer):
Both the lateral arms and control arms in the rear look to have bushings, am I seeing that correctly? And if so, which one of those with damaged bushings would cause that misalignment and inside wear? I went back and asked but he couldn't recall and unfortunately it wasn't documented.
Maybe a shorter way of asking is do you believe the control arms and their damaged bushings are more responsible for the camber issue?
Looking at parts and videos since then, I'm wondering if he meant the lateral arms so my question is this (if it's easy to answer):
Both the lateral arms and control arms in the rear look to have bushings, am I seeing that correctly? And if so, which one of those with damaged bushings would cause that misalignment and inside wear? I went back and asked but he couldn't recall and unfortunately it wasn't documented.
Maybe a shorter way of asking is do you believe the control arms and their damaged bushings are more responsible for the camber issue?
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