After converting my AWD to FWD recently, I have a serious rear alignment problem that is wearing down the rear tires and I'm in need of direction as for how to resolve it.
A bit of background, the car has had an annoying humming noise coming from the rear differential since shortly after purchasing it a few years ago. I lived with it and it was fine until last month there was an issue that I assumed was a bad left wheel bearing. I replaced the rear bearings, things seemed fine, and then shortly after something between the propeller shaft and differential was making an awful grinding noise and inhibiting the ability of the car's rear wheels to rotate freely. I had it towed home and decided it was time to just converted it to FWD to wash my hands of the issue and avoid sinking more money into expensive repairs. I'm fine with FWD and have read up on posts from others who have done so successfully so figured I could do the same.
So I disconnected the propeller shaft and (now regretfully) cut out the rear axles, leaving just the outer ends bolted to the wheel hub to help hold the hub together. The rear differential has not moved.
Since then, there's been a serious alignment issue with those rear tires. They look to be tilted slightly inward and you can hear faint squealing of the tires at times while driving the car. After a bit of highway driving, the tires have now worn down at an alarming rate.
I'm inclined to install new rear axles and see if this resolves the alignment issue. Does that sound like the issue? Or could the problem be as simple as needing a new alignment after having disconnected the rear stay arms when I cut off the rear axles? I appreciate any light any of you can shed on this for me.
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