Camber adjustment fixed the cause of sudden and obvious wear on the inside edge of one of my fronts. �Thousands of happy miles negated by a Gaspe trip during which we had serious wear on the inside edge. I made a tool and was able to do the adjustment that seems now to be holding. � However, it could have been more complicated and serious than that, and yours might be a few things combined.
Incidentally, one of our now-ex-cars was creamed in the left side and we had it repaired by one of the primo shops in town. �He did a gorgeous job on the body but farmed out the alignment, which later proved to be off. �I could see the car crabbing left as my wife drove it away and I made a set of rough gauge blocks that demonstrated it but I simply could NOT get the alignment guy to admit the rear toe-in might be off on that particular car, so I tweaked it myself and it was acceptable thereafter. � Go figure.

Stephen

--- On Mon, 8/27/12, Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Tire wear pattern -- it puzzles the expert
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Monday, August 27, 2012, 1:00 PM

 RE: Severe Outer Edge Tire Wear on One Front Wheel

Far from an expert on this subject but I'm going to take a SWAG at this
one, I had to deal with some similar problems (not as severe) just a year
ago.� The first and most obvious possibility is camber way off.� The
second, more subtle, is caster way off causing tire to dig in on left
turns.� And third, hardware problems in the suspension that make everything
look right on the alignment rack but don't work right on the road.