tyer wear!

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tyer wear!

Post by nikt » Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:52 pm

hey chaps can anyone tell me or has anyone had front wheel tyer wear on the inside edge of both wheels and what can be done to sort it. or is it to do with the camber of the wheel..... :?:
The back tyers are fine.....!

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Post by ataRS6 » Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:03 pm

I have the exact same issue at the mo don't know why this has occurred both back wheels are fine
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Post by BigMo » Sun Mar 22, 2009 4:25 pm

front needs laser tracking fella
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Post by paulm846 » Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:47 pm

its a trait of the car, both mine have done it and lots more i've seen.

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Post by Rilla » Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:50 pm

last set of tires off mine (about 500 miles ago) had good even wear across the entire width of tire. I was using pirelli p zero rosso's at 40psi

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Post by RS6 Mugello » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:13 pm

Was talking to a tyre fitter after laser wheel alignment and he said they angle the front tyres inwards by about 10 degrees as a matter of course which may account for the fronts on most getting worn on the inside.
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Post by MoRS6+ » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:21 pm

Wasn't there a post somewhere about Wheels-in-Motion who could, during alignment, offer to set the handling for either 'Performance', 'Fast Road' or 'Tyre Life' which varied the settings (obviously)?

Actually, just found the thread here:

http://audisrs.com/ftopic3111-0-asc-0.php

Interesting read and will be going to these guys soon as I get the chance.

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Post by 355marcus » Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:56 am

jajwyatt wrote:Was talking to a tyre fitter after laser wheel alignment and he said they angle the front tyres inwards by about 10 degrees as a matter of course which may account for the fronts on most getting worn on the inside.
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10 degrees? Are you sure? That sounds like an awful lot! But you're right in that by setting a little amount of toe in to the front wheels will take some of the straight ahead loading off of the inner edges. They really shouldn't be wearing out the inner edges excessively more than the rest. Although the way the car is used will have an effect. If the car does lots of motorway miles any setting that loads the inner edges will be exaggerated.

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Post by ataRS6 » Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:22 pm

i have booked my self in with wheels in motion for toms, car is pulling to the left after having the coilovers fitted lets see what they come up with....
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Post by philroach » Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:04 pm

I have the same , showed it to the local audi master tec , who said it wasnt unusual , and was nothing to worry about
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Post by DrB » Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:35 pm

I have the same problem in every set of tyres I have had since I got the car 4 years ago. I have had the alignment checked. The wear is caused by the the stance of the car of the road. ie. the valgus angle of the wheel on the road, combined with its weight and power steering. It is usually symetrical in all tyres, but worse at the front.
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