feathering of tyres

[NewBloke]

Hi all.

I've done a search but to no avail, can anyone shed any light on my problem?

front tyres on my 200tdi are showing signs of feathering, looks as if the "rubbing" is from the outer edge inwards..

I've had the tracking done and it's not solved it :dunno1:

There is the same amount of wear on each of the two front tyres.

Could it be worn suspension or could it be the result of understeer?

Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom :yay:

[Roveranout]

Badly Worn shockers can also cause the tyres to ;''bounce" on the road and cause feathered edge, it you run your hand along the trye you shouls feel the feathering.

[gary noden]

how much di you trust the people who did the tracking? I had mine do at a well known tyre fitter - can't get better, because the disco was wandering all over the place and tyre wear was uneven.

a bill for £20, and a couple of weeks later the drive was no better so I had a go myself with a gadget I made. it was impossible to adjust the tracking at all because the tie rod ball joints had totally siezed. they needed removing from the car soaking in penetrating oil for two days and repeated heating with oxy to free off. all works very well now they are adjusted with my gadget.

gary

[NewBloke]

OOoops double post sorry.

That'll teach me not to use the "back a page" button to edit a post for spellling mistakes d'oh

[NewBloke]

Thanks for the replies

I don't trust mechanics or plumbers or electricians, anyone basically who does a trade I know nothing about! Cynical, eh?

I've got no way of checking the tracking myself and potentially run the risk of being ripped off by another garage.. But I may bite the bullet, tracking's cheaper than new tyres :-(

I'm in the process of looking at the Haynes manual and scratching my chin and wondering just how hard it would be to replace the shockers... :goofylook A mate and I replaced all 4 corners in a Golf some years back and it survived a trip to Morocco and back, hope I can remember lessons learnt :hahaha:

Cheers
Andy

[Andyrr90]

Hi,
Have you considered swapping the tyres across the corners.

The reason I say this is that the rolling radius across the axles can sometimes cause the feathering or sawtooth effect.

I had the same problem on my classic and doing this sorted out the problem.

One way to diagnose is to perform a tight right turn in a car park and listen for squeals from the wheels.

Andy

[NewBloke]

thanks for all the replies.

I've noticed the tyres squeeling when performing tight turns at high speed in a multi storey car park but previously put it down to the Disco being 4wd..

:buck:

Might get the tracking done at a different garage, I don't do many miles but I'm going to eat through the tyres at the rate they're going :-(

Not sure I'm up to the dismantling and soaking / heating of the component "bits", fingers crossed it's an easy one to resolve..




edit: or even "sesolve" hic

[NewBloke]

oh and had all 4 corners changed at the same time..

work hard play too little sounds all too familiar..


Anyone else had this problem?
:icecube: