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<p>How long did it take to wear the tire out on the inner edge?</p>
<p>I would still say that there is a fair amount of toe out on that side assuming its only one side. </p>
<p>Toe out causes a tire to scuff as it roles on the inner side of a tire and toe in is the opposite.</p>
<p>All our AC VW have a some amount of negative camber but if lowered, which I assume not in your case, increases the amount of negative camber.</p>
<p>The more toe in combined with negative camber would cause that sort of wear in your picture.</p>
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<p>Far as the bushings assuming they are the OEM rubber ones Jim's right in that its more than likely not the cause. </p>
<p>The Red urethane ones would state some one has replaced them and doubtful that they have worn enough to cause this also. </p>
<p>The red ones should be visible without any disassembly but maybe a bit of cleaning.</p>
<p>Here is a link that show both types:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.mamotorworks.com/VW/subcategory/rear-suspension-bushings" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk718101">http://www.mamotorworks.com/VW/subcategory/rear-suspension-bushings</a></p>
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This Air Cooled VW Rubber Rear Spring Plate Bushing set is made of a soft rubber like the OEM bushings used originally. 4 piece car set</div>
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<div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> type3-vwtype3.org <type3-vwtype3.org-bounces@lists.vwtype3.org> on behalf of Jim Adney <jadney@VWType3.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 14, 2016 1:21:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> type3@vwtype3.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [T3] Alignment</font>
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<div class="PlainText">On 13 Dec 2016 at 19:04, Daniel Nohejl wrote:<br>
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> Okay, so I found my notes from 2013 and it looks like 4 NOS spring<br>
> plate bushings were installed in the summer of that year. Does the<br>
> fact that one of those is squeaking mean anything at all? My<br>
> impression is that the OEM rubber ones arenīt supposed to squeak. Of<br>
> course NOS does include the word "old" in it so perhaps they were past<br>
> their prime. In any case, that does mean that the diagonal arm<br>
> bushings are original. <br>
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The spring plate bushings are intended to "squirm" internally. If <br>
they slip, either inside or outside, they will wear and fail. The <br>
squeak you're hearing could be from slipping, or it could be from <br>
metal to metal contact somewhere.<br>
<br>
As Keith mentioned, the OE bushings are a real bear to install, <br>
because they are so tight. I suspect that the polyurethane <br>
replacements are made slightly smaller, so they will be easy to <br>
install, but that makes them likely to slip and wear, so I'm <br>
skeptical about their long term reliability.<br>
<br>
In 45 years, the ONLY diagonal arm bushings I've ever replaced were <br>
on one side of a '71 squareback where someone had removed the pivot <br>
bolt and neglected to put it back. Left unconstrained for years, the <br>
bushings ran into something else and got distorted to the point where <br>
a replacement pivot bolt would not go in. I had to remove the old <br>
bushings and install new ones to restore the rear suspension <br>
geometry. The owner admitted that this quieted down the ride <br>
significantly, now that the diagonal arm was no longer banging around <br>
back there.<br>
<br>
In other words, I doubt if there's any problem with your diagonal arm <br>
bushings, assuming the pivot bolt is in place.<br>
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