More LS Problems

[LS Chazzy J]

I'd guess the vibrations are from your tires that are not balanced, due to the lack of rubber on them. Get yourself new tires and an alignment and you'll be fine.

Also, there is no way your tires were hitting the control arm bolt. You'd have to have a dramatically modified suspension and/or some crazy wide tires for that to even be a possible issue. Don't worry about that.

 

[#1fordfan]

I scare you why? Because no one taught me about every aspect of a car? If you have nothing helpful to say, then don't reply.

just my personal opinion. you don't need to be a certified mechanic to look at a tire and say" holy S, I don't think that tire is any good"

my guess would be you are a young guy, limited funds, not concerned with the safety of anyone riding in your car and you live at home with your parents.

any cop would write a ticket for rolling on those tires, and the other members are justified in calling you out for this type of crap!!!

 

[SoonerLS]

I'd guess the vibrations are from your tires that are not balanced, due to the lack of rubber on them. Get yourself new tires and an alignment and you'll be fine.

Yeah, I'll second that--new tires mounted and balanced and an alignment should solve your problems. The LS's suspension is very sensitive to wheel balance. When my '04 threw a wheel weight, it made for a very noticeable vibration; likewise, when I had to use the spare on my '06, I could've told you which corner had the spare even if I hadn't been the one to put it on the car.

BTW, assuming the job was done correctly, the alignment shouldn't have been far enough out to cause that wear if you just replaced all of the suspension components--the first thing you do after any suspension work is have an alignment done. If an alignment wasn't done, chalk it up as tuition to the school of hard knocks; if it was, take it back and make them fix the alignment. Then again, if it had been aligned, I don't think I'd take it back to the same shop, because they didn't do a very good job the first time...

 

[milehighmikey]

Looks like bad negative toe wear. The tires were both aiming away from center to their respective sides. Factory alignment on a Mercury Marauder specifies negative toe, and that is what happens in short order when you get a specification alignment on that car. The trick is to set the toe on the Marauder to 0.0 degrees. Inside edge tire wear disappears, and the car still tracks nicely.

Fred is lucky to be alive after driving on tires that badly worn.

Tires and alignment should get the car back on the road safely.

Keep an eye on them tires as the new ones start to wear. Get in the habit of parking with the wheels turned to full lock and then get out and look at the tire's inside edge to save you from laying on the ground to check them with limited visibility.

 

[Fred G]

just my personal opinion. you don't need to be a certified mechanic to look at a tire and say" holy S, I don't think that tire is any good"

my guess would be you are a young guy, limited funds, not concerned with the safety of anyone riding in your car and you live at home with your parents.

any cop would write a ticket for rolling on those tires, and the other members are justified in calling you out for this type of crap!!!

Your right, I am a young guy, with a 6mon old son, not concerned with people like you, that fears for his sons life because things where going on with the car that I had no solution for and I also live in my own apartment and pay my own bills. Also attend College and almost done with my BS in Computer Engineering. Also no cop would write me a ticket because they could careless around here, I've seen people ride on the Highway on rims and not get stopped but that's besides the point. It seems that your another person who has to belittle people so that you feel better about yourself, since you know more about cars. I don't think I would just say "hey since i pulled into a parking spot let me lay on the ground and look at the inner part of the tire". Anyway pack up and move on, your comments are not welcomed here.

PS: (For the people who actually wanted/are helping). I got the alignment taken care of but now I have the famous *clunk* sound. So I'll take car of that and yes I did buy new tires and wheel balance.

 

[Fred G]

Looks like bad negative toe wear. The tires were both aiming away from center to their respective sides. Factory alignment on a Mercury Marauder specifies negative toe, and that is what happens in short order when you get a specification alignment on that car. The trick is to set the toe on the Marauder to 0.0 degrees. Inside edge tire wear disappears, and the car still tracks nicely.

Fred is lucky to be alive after driving on tires that badly worn.

Tires and alignment should get the car back on the road safely.

Keep an eye on them tires as the new ones start to wear. Get in the habit of parking with the wheels turned to full lock and then get out and look at the tire's inside edge to save you from laying on the ground to check them with limited visibility.

Thanks for the positive advice.