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25th July 2016, 08:14 PM
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Very odd tyre wear
My D3 had an advisory for both front tyres being worn on the inside.
This evening i decided to check it out, and the wear is very odd which I'll describe for now as its too dark to get a good picture. The inside edge on both the fronts have what feels like a step, I could guess alignment issue but this step does not go all the way around. Some places are more pronounced than others. Car has just been MOT'd and no issues were found with the bushes, and there are no clonks and bangs at all as you drive. The attached image is from the internet, is kind of like what I have but it does not go all the way around. Image from wheelsinmotion forum. I must point out that I did have the OSF front wheel straightened out after I was made aware it was out of round, but this was some time ago. There is no vibration through the steering when driving. Really don't know, I need new tyres but I don't want the same to happen again so want thoughts first.
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25th July 2016, 09:01 PM
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That's really bad. I would check for any wear in the suspension arm bushes and replace any with split rubbers or loose balljoints and then have a 4 wheel alignment check and see what that throws up. Are you sure it's not catching on anything like the bottom of the arch-liner in front of the wheel blowing back at speeds?
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25th July 2016, 11:24 PM
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I'll post some pics up tomorrow of the actual issue.
If the wheel was slightly out of round or not running straight I guess that may cause this? Remember that on mine its not all the way round but in patches. Tomorrow I'll change the one that was straightened out for the spare as the passenger side is not so bad. Maybe worth mentioning they have covered 23K miles.
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Manny 2004 A4 1.8T Sport Cabriolet, 89K Miles Past 2004 D3 A8 3.7 Quattro, Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Solar Sunroof, TV, ACC, phone and almost every option. 168K miles rising slowly with retrofit AMI and DVB-T in place of Analogue 2003 Volvo S60 D5 SE Manual, 197K miles. 2001 D2 A8 3.7 QS, Bi-Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Electric Everything, retrofitted RNS-D, 191K Miles Last edited by mannyo; 26th July 2016 at 06:43 AM.
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26th July 2016, 08:41 AM
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What make tyre is it manno? Sometimes the tyre will go out of round slighty and cause uneven wear but not enough to cause a bump through the steering. Have it 4 way'd and take it from there.
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26th July 2016, 10:30 AM
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Front tyres are Kumho KU39, rears are recently replaced Dunlops.
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Manny 2004 A4 1.8T Sport Cabriolet, 89K Miles Past 2004 D3 A8 3.7 Quattro, Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Solar Sunroof, TV, ACC, phone and almost every option. 168K miles rising slowly with retrofit AMI and DVB-T in place of Analogue 2003 Volvo S60 D5 SE Manual, 197K miles. 2001 D2 A8 3.7 QS, Bi-Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Electric Everything, retrofitted RNS-D, 191K Miles
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