Uneven tyre wear

[snake]

left hand front and rear tyres, inside edge feathered. Tyres only 2000kms old yet both show roughly 1 degree of camber..... any theories on to why???

[edgasket]

did you get it alligned recently? sounds a bit like it might be toed out too much, with maybe too much pressure?

[Duncan]

I agree mostly likely to be caused by incorred toe, it can wear out your tyres much quicker than camber ever will.

[EnricoPalazzo]

Haaha yeh my tyres are 5000kms and already bald on insides

[edgasket]

it's such a pain in the knackers cos you can't see how bad they are unless you check and you can't just rotate them cos they look real bad on the outside then, and you don't need that if the coppers pull you...

[hippy]

how would u fix this problem?

[edgasket]

on previous cars I've gotten them 4 wheel laser alligned and it seemed to sort it out.

[snake]

Had the wheel alignment when i got the tyres new...toe is +1.5mm for both sides on front and +1.6 for both sides on rear.. tyre pressure 32psi all round ....this sound about right ....thanks for reply

[JimX]

I think toe should be 0 on the front. Rear can be +1 or so. I could be wrong, I can't remember where I saw those figures. I don't know if 1.5mm of toe is enough to cause feathering.

[morboost]

i do wheel aligments at work and iv done my r33 a few time i set it to 0 degrese and seems to be fine. So if you get it checked and it out have it set to 0, if your car is realy low changing the toe wont help thats the camber.

[snake]

The car is riding on the standard suspension, so it hasnt been lowered, i might see if running 0 deg of camber helps, the odd thing is it is only happening on the left side, the right is fine and the camber numbers are similar.

[edgasket]

are any of the bushes bushings (whatever...) worn? if so, when you think you have the car alligned etc when you go out and drive it, the whole set up just moves about and goes out of kilter.

[snake]

Dont think so...... but i will check....would make sense if left side bushes have been flogged out.......what is the going rate for a new set of suspension bushes on an r33 if anyone knows?

[GZ R33]

My tyres are the same, I don't think you can avoid it with 275's.

[snake]

255's on the back and 235's on front. These shouldnt contribute to it should they??? Still seem fine on the right side, its just the left??????? Will rotate tyres from left to right and see if it still occurs on the same side otherwise it might be wheel/ tyre related if it doesnt...... dont think this would be the case though.

[Boost King]

Mine wear out on insides, I have to de-rim the tyres for a rotation due to different from vs rear sizes. But, thats what you get with independant rear ends, they will wear out more.

At least these cars are LSD, or else you'd have even more uneven wear.