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Rear wheels not even/aligned - Anything adjustable?

2.8K views 6 replies 5 participants last post by  karr3.0  
#1 ·
So I was finally taking of my remaining 3 mudflaps off my car and made an odd discovery about my rear wheels. My driver's side rear wheel appears to be sitting closer to the back of the fender compared to my passenger side. I was using a stubby phillips screwdriver and noticed that I could fit the entire driver between the tire and the screws that hold on the mudflaps ( on the passenger side) but when I went to take off the screws on the driver's side, the screwdriver kind of wedged itself in and was pretty difficult to get the screws out meaning the gap between the wheel and the back bumper isn't equal (maybe 1/2" difference?).

I need to get an alignment now that I have new wheels/tires and a lift, but this seems like it is pretty far off for a budget boost. Is there some sort of control arm that needs to be adjusted? Any suggestions on testing the alignment (at home) versus maybe the bumper being pushed in or something?
 
#2 ·
First measure you wheel base and compare each side. Also of a another to compare with as well as have come across factory differences before, where all of that model had the same difference left to right. Was to compensate for road camber.
 
#5 ·
I was thinking more along the lines of the axle is misaligned, like if viewed from the top it has been rotated a little bit. I hadn’t thought about caster, but I guess that could be the culprit too. I don’t know if I have adjustable anything, aside from the budget boost, it’s stock.