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mr._floppy
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Ride Height ?
« on: Jan 6th, 2006, 1:30pm » |
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I'm noticing excessive tread wear on the inside of the nearside front tyre, the tracking seems to be fine so the camber angle is next in line for checking.
Looking at the suspension set-up, would I be right in thinking soggy front springs could affect the camber angle ? i.e. make the car sit lower than was recommended and make the top of the wheel lean more inward.
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dexix
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I have exactly the same problem - I had excessive wear on my nearside front, got new tyres last week and asked them to sort the tracking, they said its fine and that is the tyre that always wears the most on cars - I wasnt happy with that so I am getting a four wheel alignment done. Its booked in next week I need to sort this as I dont want to mess my new tyres up so interested in the responses here.
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mr._floppy
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Re: Ride Height ?
« Reply #2 on: Jan 6th, 2006, 3:12pm » |
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I did read that one too, that the nearside tyre will wear more on one side due to the camber of a road ( where the road dips down to the left for water drainage ) 
I think we all know that's a load of spherical objects and a stock roguish answer to problems that the mechanic knows nowt about.
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scorpio_man
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Re: Ride Height ?
« Reply #3 on: Jan 6th, 2006, 5:10pm » |
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hi there
sounds more like the front wishbone ball joints and bushes are worn. the alignment will be fine when standing still, but moves all over the place when moving.
hth
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dexix
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If I added that my car doesnt feel all that stable at higher speeds (a sort of wander?) would that add weight to the wishbone theory?
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stafford
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Re: Ride Height ?
« Reply #6 on: Jan 7th, 2006, 9:11am » |
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important thread this..I too have problems with inner tyre wear. I took wheels off to do complete brake overhaul to notice the rear 2 were bald on the inside one inch of both tyres..nearly had a heart attack!! was going to go on the motorway that day.Took the fiesta instead!! so do u all think its a bushes and joint problem cos Ive found a site that will sell powerflex poly bushes separatley. rather than the 160£ ebay company wants for a set of rears. hope this link may be helpful if you r thinking of what im thinking to do!
http://www.motorsportworld.co.uk/frame-detail.asp?PAGE=/powerflex-bushes .htm
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freeflyer
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Re: Ride Height ?
« Reply #7 on: Feb 13th, 2006, 6:49pm » |
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Stafford; if you figure out what was wrong with your rear tyres, will you let me (or everyone here for that matter) know. Noticed the same problem on mine as I changed to winter tyres. Not cool 
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Highlander
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Re: Ride Height ?
« Reply #8 on: Feb 13th, 2006, 8:09pm » |
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I'm showing the same inner edge wear on the rear O/S tyre and have a slightly lower ride height at that wheel arch..
On jacking the rear up and lowering it the ride height goes back to what i would say is normal but on moving the car it drops to the original place.
I cant see it while im doing it but I reckon the inner trailing arm bush has failed allowing the trailing arm to drop slightly and run the tyre more on the inside
I'm sure I can actually see the rear wheel leaning in compared to the other side when looking at it from the rear but difficult to tell.
The bush I think it is is marked number 8 on the left hand trailing arm
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tjp_lawson
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Re: Ride Height ?
« Reply #9 on: Feb 13th, 2006, 11:21pm » |
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these cars do tend to knock rear tyre inner edges off for a past time my rear wheels are particuarly cambered i put that down to the age of my cars springs.never had a problem with fronts knocking out though
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