Badly worn front tyres

[brianha0]

Hi Folks
Tyres are Avon ZZ3 245/40/R18 and are on the front of a W210 1998 E Class 300 TD Avantgarde.
Problem is today i noticed that both tyres are very badly worn on the inside. I went to a tyre depot and they tell me it is not the steering that needs lined as only a 1/4 of the tyre breadth is worn and if it was the lining it would be 1/2 the tyres breadth worn. They seem to think it would be some other problem (ie ball joints) that i will need to fix before replacing the tyres.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards
Brian

 

[Parrot of Doom]

Jack the car up and pull/push/move the wheels around, if you can detect any play up/down then bits are going to need replacing.

I'd try and eliminate any worn/loose bits in the front suspension before you consider an alignment, for instance replacing the ball joints will knock any alignment you have done, back out.

 

[television]

Your tyres are quite wide and wide tyres do wear more on the inside edge, what are we talking here 1mm or 2 from one side to the other.

malcolm

 

[concord]

I had a wear on the outside of the front tyres, took it to the merc garage and did a 4 wheel alignment. It did the job, the handling is also much better now.£85 +Vat. made a mistake last year and did a 4 wheel laser alignmenet in a tyre and exhaust place which they managed to ruin the settings.