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INNER FRONT TYRE WEAR

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Today I carried out my usual 4000 miles oil change.Removing the front wheels makes life such lot easier😀On inspecting I  noticed slight inner wear on both of them.The rears are wearing nicely thank you and all  four tyres have spun approximately 8000 miles.Would you swap them to the rear?Also thinking of having them rebalanced.Your thoughts are always appreciated 👍

 



I think you need the tracking checked

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15 minutes ago, dezwez said:

I think you need the tracking checked

Ok Del l’ll have a look at that.It was done 2 years ago and I’m not aware of any knocks since👍

Just now, williamweb said:

ok Del l’ll have a look at that.It was done 2 years ago and I’m not aware of any knocks since👍

there's a lot of pot hole around they will do it 🙁

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3 minutes ago, dezwez said:

there's a lot of pot hole around they will do it 🙁

Apart from all the pot holes that I forgot about 🙄

Removing wheels for an oil change is a new one on me! :laugh: 

As above, sounds like tracking is out.  If it's a mk2, its also worth checking the wishbone bushes, common fault and when they wear it allows the wheels to points outwards slightly while cruising which wears off the tyre insides.

Don't move them to the back now.  You just end up with uneven wear on all tyres which causes a horrific noise...made that mistake myself lol. 

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Maybe you don’t have a splash guard to remove with poor access up the sides 😯I suppose I could turn the wheels one way then the other🙄It’s a MK1 i’m booking it in for tracking tomorrow 👍

24 minutes ago, williamweb said:

Maybe you don’t have a splash guard to remove with poor access up the sides 😯I suppose I could turn the wheels one way then the other🙄It’s a MK1 i’m booking it in for tracking tomorrow 👍

Ah, I don't have any Mk1 experience tbf!

My last tyres done exactly the same and my bushes are all fine so I got tracking done and time will tell but the guy who done the tracking said fords are notorious for it and this is a MK2.5.

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10 minutes ago, F0CUE said:

My last tyres done exactly the same and my bushes are all fine so I got tracking done and time will tell but the guy who done the tracking said fords are notorious for it and this is a MK2.5.

Probably wrong but just thinking the negative camber could be part of the set up for good handling around corners😀

1 minute ago, williamweb said:

Probably wrong but just thinking the negative camber could be part of the set up for good handling around corners😀

I would agree cos the handling is great around corners 😁

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