One of the last things to solve is the, very noticeable, negative camber in the front. It was about two years ago that we had a professional mechanic look over our Patriot from a list of concerns and ended up performing a bearing replacement in the rear and front lower control arms replacement.
It was also requested he look over and let us know what else needs looking at down the line. He claimed nothing major, just the "rear links" needed looking into at some point.
Since then, we were flunked our inspection, front wheels brake performance was uneasy and the e-brake was also flunked.
Although, we did get those things corrected as under warranty. Since then, we've had very bad negative camber (bottom juts out) show us in the front and a pair of chewed up tires on there inside shoulders that had less than 800 miles on them.
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| It is hard to see, but it is 2 degrees off |
Things to look at in hopes of solving this on my own:
- see if new front lower control arms have prematurely failed
- Strut failure
- Pre-Load was set when not required for our type of suspension
- Subframe rot, although not likely as no other issues were noted
Other bits:
Looking to replace with Moog Front Lowers and Sway-Bar Links (needed is center to center length)
From research that I've conducted. The MK or Patriot has no normal camber provisions available. Aftermarket camber bolt can be added in a case were part that or not OE type are used and put the factory specs off.
I hope that some OE struts might solve this as the originals don't look good at all and after nine years of service, it is a good bet they are due.
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