Tyre Wear

[Dalton]

Just had the tread checked on my tyres. There seems to be uneven wear on both of the fronts i.e.

NSF 1.6/4/4

OSF 2/4/4

Has anyone else had a similar experience? Any ideas why this should be?

[Pete.S]

Haven't experienced that tbh, first obvious question would be are the pressures correct? Can make a hell of a difference to wear, them just being out by a small amount....

[Dalton]

I've been quite religious in checking the tyre pressures so I don't think that could be the reason.

Another thought I had was the additional wear might be due to that scrubbing noise you seem to get when you are turning at a slow pace, recal reading a thread that this was as a result of the wheels turning at different speeds.

[B6S4John]

Hi all. Iv'e just put the front wheels on the back and visa versa to even wear so they all need replacing together the only thing i noticed was that the outside edge of the front gets scrubbed. Your not far from me Dalton we'll have to meet up and swap notes I go to Curborough sprint course most Sundays.

John

[Merlot]

The Sport Contact 2's come with more tread in the middle by about 2mm. The fronts on S4's do wear badly on the edges esp the insides.

[Dalton]

Looks like it might just be a typical problem on the S4 then. I'll try not to worry any further.

It would be good to meet up B6S4John, I used to frequent Curborough but haven't been for some years now.

[Pete.S]

Looks like it might just be a typical problem on the S4 then

Excessive wear on inside edges is, uneven wear isn't (in my experience, 35k miles)

Toe/camber settings?

[Merlot]

I had my 4 wheel geo checked at my Audi dealer (2 hours labour) and it was fine. Still toasted the inside of the fronts in 15k miles.