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Uneven tread

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Old May 18th, 2019, 19:49   #1
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Friend noticed the other day that the top of my offside wheel is cambered in quite excessively.
I checked the wheel today for usual bearing suspects etc but couldn’t find anything. I have tried to attached some pictures, but doesn’t upload.
Does anyone have any ideas what could be causing this?
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Old May 20th, 2019, 11:22   #2
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Could be worn suspension components
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I had very uneven (bumpy) wear on my previous set of tyres, changed the entire set and had a 4 wheel laser alignment done and they've seemed fine the 2 years they've been on since
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Second that, I had worn bushes and ball joints.After installing new lower control arms and alignment done, all is well. It simply wobbled itself out of alignment.
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