Hi,
I recently got wheel alignment done at a Honda dealership and only the toe is out of specifications by a little. The guy is saying that I need to replace my rear suspension as it's been beat and cannot be adjusted for alignment. Below is the actual and specified range for the rear wheels toe


REAR LEFT

ACTUAL
0.22 Degrees
SPECIFIED Range
0.00 - 0.20 Degrees

REAR RIGHT



ACTUAL
-0.01Degree
SPECIFIED Range
0.00 - 0.20 Degree


ALL OTHER NUMBERS FOR THE ALIGNMENT ARE WITHIN RANGE FOR THE VEHICLE.


Dealership is asking $1250 to replace the rear suspension. After asking for a break they came down to $1100. Am not sure if I really need to replace the rear suspension and if it costs that kind of money,
I would appreciate if somebody could let me know if the small difference is going to make an impact on my vehicle and tires and if it costs that kind of money to replace the suspension.


Thanks in Advance

 

welcome to the forum. You did not give much info about the car. But when my mom's 90 LX accord had this problem, it had less than 20k so we just rotated the tires each 5k miles. when it had over 200k, 10yrs later we gave the car away to someone else who needed a car and they did the same thing. If the ware at 5k is really bad, then do the repair, if you cannot see anything in 5k rotate.

 

Thanks for your suggestion. My Car is a 2007 Honda Fit sport and has about 125K miles on it.Noticed that the front passenger tire was totally worn out and rest of them were in good shape. That's when i replaced all 4 tires and got the alignment done. Did not want to go through that again. The alignment is now fixed for everything except it being slightly out of range for the rear toe.

 

My 07 Fit Base has 232k miles, had the same thing happen to mine.

 

Did it work fine by just rotating the tires or you had to change the suspensions and get the alignment proper?

 

got the alignment after 60k at Midas, and rotated the tires since. i get 20k average over the warranty milagel when just hitting the ware marks. Americas tires/Discount tires rotates each 5k miles and rebalance each 10k. Have used them since 07 from the first tire change.