After standing still for some 3 weeks, I noticed that upon driving, my car was pulling ever so slightly to the right. I had never noticed this before. A coulple of days later I got the alignment done, but it mustnt have been done right as the car is still drifting off to the right and in addition, I now have to have the steering wheel turned very slightly to the left to maintain straight ahead driving. So yesterday, I decided to inspect the tyres. There is an area of uneven wear and scoring on the very inside of the drivers side tyre. The area of wear is only about 5-6 mm wide but is very noticeable upon inspection. Im hoping this is just down to an alignment problem and not suspension. The front tyres have both been on for 1 year and there is no uneven wear on scoring on the other tyre. Anyone any ideas? My car is lowered 35mm on springs and im concerned that the lowering has maybe created a camber problem, but if that is the case, would it not effect the other tyre also?
Uneven tyre wear problem!
- Thread starter almerasaloon
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Could it be down to a duff shocker ? That might explain why it's only a problem on 1 side ?
I know its simple, but make sure that your tire pressures are correct as well, when I first got my car, it was pulling a lot to the right, turns out that when they got the new tires fitted, someone had inflated one of the tires to over 60 psi while all the others sat at the 30 mark.
Well after thinking a host of mechanical problems could be at fault, I was almost certain that the problem lay with the steering wheel being slightly off centre. I went to a proper tyre fitters and they said it was probably caused by the stering wheel not being properly clamped during alignment. Got two new tyres fitted and sure enough the steering was out. In addition the guy in the garage said that the adjusting bolts had not been tightened up correctly. How in 2009 can garages get away with these practices!!! Anyway got in the car and immediately felt a improvement in the handling. In addition, car now tracks straight as a dart. Moral of the thread....... dont let a monkey from a petrol station/garage do your alignment 