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Took my 87 into New York this weekend to see some friends, and planned on driving myself to the airport on Monday morning. Sunday night I was showing it off to some friends and noticed a fine shredding along the outer corner of the P/S F tire, almost like someone took a vegetable peeler and made very fine slivers of rubber with it. On closer inspection, that wheel was about 1/2" to 1" closer to the wheel arch than the drivers side, which had no tire rash. I thought it through and decided it was not worth chancing it and had it towed home. I'm now away for work but trying to diagnose the problem.

Everything I know, and some advice I've got from 911 buds points to torsion bar probs. Whether its the male or female splines or the meat of the bar itself that may have failed, I do not know, but I can't see what else would have the ride height messed up like that when the car is at rest, parked, level.

If it is the t-bars, what else would be on your while you're in there replacement list? So far as I know, the suspension hasn't been touched on this car, which has 107k miles and was well kept by the PO, but he was not an obsessive preventative replacement type.

I would never have noticed this if I wasn't showing the car off to some friends at a BBQ. Good reminder to keep an eye on your car, walk around it every now and then and give it a good looking at. For safety's sake.