Hi everyone new to forum.Our 2004 X type has very worn inner edge of rear tires. Rear drivers is the worst and rear passangers is a little better.low Km car about 120,000. any advise on how to repair and what the cause is.

 

I suspect your rear control arm bushings are worn it's a very common problem with '04 and '05 cars, at least. Have you had a four wheel alignment done lately. I'd bet they'd tell you that they were unable to fully align the rear wheels.

Fairly cheap and easy fix, now. Used to be expensive when the bushings couldn't be replaced and the entire control arm had to be replaced at about $400/arm from the dealer. Less expensive now, but I'm not sure if it's because the bushings themselves are serviceable now or if the price of the control arms has come down to earth.

Get it aligned and see what the shop says.
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I agree. A good way to tell if your rear control arms need to be replaced is that the tops of the wheels are canted in toward the interior of the car. Easy enough to fix. Do a search on here and you'll find a ton of information about it.

 

it looks like there are upper and lower control arms on the rear suspension .looked into replacing bushings at online parts only the complete are is available. would i need both or just just the lower or upper . Thanks for the reply

 

skippy, take your car for a drive and find a sweeping corner to either direction that is a 25mph corner. In the middle of the corner, give the car a little bit of gas and see if the rear end feels like it is going to slide out to the side of you (it won't, but you will feel it move to the side). If you feel this, then it is your lower control arm. New ones are around $100 each through jagparts.com. Nalley should be able to get you the same arms for roughly the same price too. Replacing them take about an hour per side. Remove 2 bolts, the arm slides out, put in new arm and put in 2 bolts. NOt that difficult.

 

Thanks thermo, I will do that ,this part looks a little like a wish bone if i am correct and Part # Is C2S50863 .Will i need a rear wheel alinement after replacing these parts.I read up on the forum in regards another problemi was having to a bank 1 and bank 2 engine running lean code that you commented some time back with another member and you where bang on the money .Had the same problem and repalaced the IMT valve control O rings and it fixed my problem also . So thanks Again for your comments .

 

Skippy, yes, a new alignment will be needed as the previous alignment probably had the wheels brought in a little bit. So, plan on the extra $80 or so for that. As for the lower rear control bars, that appears to be the correct part. Don't forget, you will need 2 of these. Through "Jaguar Parts" - Jaguar parts and accessories catalog, the bars are $102.38 each (they call the bars "rear lateral bars") with $10.24 per bar in shipping. To get that price, you have to do everything via the internet. If you call the dealership, then the price goes up some. But, even the list price is only $120.