Inner tyre wear

[crusher]

I just replaced my front tyres just before Chinese New YearFew days ago, I found that the thread on the inner front tyres are already worn out. What is the cause? is it underinflation of the tyre?What can i do to maximize the usage , seeing that the tyre is barely 4 months old? Can i continue to use for a while or is it dangerous?

 

[3er]

Probably alignment / suspension issue. Looks like negative camber (i like negative camber). If its underinflation it would be both sides (inside and outside) of each tyre. But to have it worn out in 4 months is a bit drastic. Rotate your tyres if you need to.

 

[bimmerman]

Looks like an alignment problem to me. Your car is toed out too much which causes inner wear. I suggest you find a competant alignment guy. A lot of alignment shops i've encountered have not calibrated their equiptment in a long time and cannot align your car properly if they don't maintain their machines properly.

 

[weechoon]

Any good alignment shop or tyre shop recomend?what is the price usually?i did once before cost me Rm 280 to adj camber everything.

 

[willie]

actually what's the tyre pressure u all use ah??? 32psi???

 

[Ghostrider-SG]

A good way to prevent this would be...

Get your alighment done when you change rubbers....especially when its all 4 of them.

 

[3er]

Originally posted by weechoon@Apr 26 2005, 02:44 PM
Any good alignment shop or tyre shop recomend?what is the price usually?i did once before cost me Rm 280 to adj camber everything.

Cost me RM60 only.

 

[3er]

Originally posted by willie@Apr 26 2005, 07:49 PM
actually what's the tyre pressure u all use ah??? 32psi???

Check your owners handbook or the sticker on your door pillar.

I have mine at 36psi but i like it that way.

 

[crusher]

Originally posted by bimmerman@Apr 26 2005, 12:55 AM
Looks like an alignment problem to me. Your car is toed out too much which causes inner wear. I suggest you find a competant alignment guy. A lot of alignment shops i've encountered have not calibrated their equiptment in a long time and cannot align your car properly if they don't maintain their machines properly.

Can recommend a shop for alignment around Sunway?

 

[willie]

eh, the hand book said that the front is 28.5psi , for the rear is 32.7psi.... shoud we be so specified until like that ah??? haha, sounds funny......

 

[3er]

Originally posted by willie@Apr 28 2005, 12:55 PM
eh, the hand book said that the front is 28.5psi , for the rear is 32.7psi.... shoud we be so specified until like that ah??? haha, sounds funny......

I dont recall seeing such values in any car or car manual (let alone on an E36). PSI is always quoted in whole figures. Perhaps you got confused with BAR. (No, not the F1 team)

 

[OSFlanker]

Originally posted by 3er+Apr 28 2005, 10:15 PM-->QUOTE (3er @ Apr 28 2005, 10:15 PM)