1989 Acura Integra Aging suspension?

Tiny
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Suspension problem
1989 Acura Integra 4 cyl Front Wheel Drive Manual 296K miles

I have excessive wear on my front tires (compared to back) and a reverberation in the front when the car is over 60mph.

What's your diagnosis and remedy? Thank you in advance for your help
Friday, January 15th, 2010 AT 6:52 PM

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Tiny
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Hi marcobunns,

Are the wear of the tires evenly distributed?
Did you get the tires balanced?
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Saturday, January 16th, 2010 AT 12:16 PM
Tiny
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Thanks for your clarifying questions:

Pattern seems to be identical. The tires were balanced when new and that's a while ago.
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Saturday, January 16th, 2010 AT 1:51 PM
Tiny
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Even wear of tires do not indicate any fault with the suspension or alignment system. It would be more likely to be due to tire pressures and driving conditions. The front tires would definitley wear faster than the rear due to the fact that they are the driving wheels and durin cornerings, they take up more of the cornering forces.

That is the reason tire rotation are recommended after every 6 to 10 k miles.

If the vibration occurs as soon as the vehicle reaches 60 mph or more it is a fault with the wheel balancing. For alloy wheels, get rhem checked for damage.

If the vibration occurrs only under slight acceleration conditions, get the CV shaft inner joints checked.
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Sunday, January 17th, 2010 AT 12:57 AM

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