Reply With QuoteWhat kind of alignment issue would cause this?
Dub Crazy
You wouldn't believe how many customers I only charged for "check only - no adjustment required" because their wheel alignment problem was purely mis-matched tyre pressures.
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Volkswagenist
What kind of alignment issue would cause this?
Dub Crazy
Looks like it's been rubbing on the spring perch? Is that the inside edge?
Is there much feathering on the other blocks or are they fairly smooth?
That's a Goodyear F1A 1/2?
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I used to think I was anal-retentive until I started getting involved in car forums
Volkswagenist
Thats a front tyre and the crack is the inside edge. I think both were like that. I'll put up a rear one...its a doozy....
Volkswagenist
This is a rear one....my sister posted these on FB this morning complaining that the mechanic who did an oil change in the US in Feb said the tyres were fine, but another who did it today said replace them all, plus get an aligment and replace stuffed shocks....this is the third time my sister and her husband have been told these things....these were new tyres last year.
My wife has reprimanded me saying that perhaps posting "Stevie wonder would have noticed those rears ones were worn from 100m away" wasn't the most helpful thing to tell my sister.....
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Dub Crazy
What car? Is it something like a Kia Carnival people mover or a Chrysler Voyager?
The rears look like shockingly low inflation pressures - like half recomended & alignment issues.
The front really looks like mechanical damage - almost as if the tyres are massively oversized.
I'd love to see the factory tyre size, actual tyre size & the wheel alignment read-out.
My Sister always seems to let her tyres get FUBAR like that all the time - I think lots of people do.
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Volkswagenist
I don't know which car it was, but both are mid sized Sedans in the US. I've seen this kinda thing on both their cars, this will either be some cheapo GM made sedan or a mid sized Hyundai. I was trying to work out if someone put the wrong sized tyre on the fronts to cause that. Apparently the shock absorbers are completely stuffed. I wouldn't be surprised if they were so broken that some part of them has ruptured and rubbed the tyre there. Low inflation for sure in the rears amongst other things. Lets just say my US born bro in law spends a lot of money on guns he can't afford and not on things like this.
Dub Crazy
is it one of the areas where it snows & they salt the roads?
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Volkswagenist
Nope, desert they were near Bakersfield CA and now are in Fresno CA. Dry heat area. The guy reckons it's all alignment causing both the splits and the rear. But the shocks are gone as well but they are postponing it. The tyre place advised not to do that or the tyres will be munched up again, but I haven't heard either if that is because they are rubbing or just worn.
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