tyre wear help please

[kirkyboy]

hi guys, well had inner tyre wear so took it down for 4 wheel alignment had a print out done and tracking done can you guys have a look at this print out to see if they have solved the tyre wear etc, just have a look at these figures to see if they are normal. and what needs to be done if anything
thanks in advance
cheers kirkyboy

 

[television]

They all look correct and within the tolerance allowed, and most are sitting in the middle, that looked good.

I am pleased to see the height has also been done and correct

 

[kirkyboy]

they said my tracking was out and charged me 25 pounds so as long as everything is ok, this should cure my wear, fingers crossed. cheers malcolm
kirkyboy

 

[kth286]

kirkyboy

I think you are right to query it - did you query it with technician?

Why are some of the figures handwritten?

£25 seems cheap for a professional session.

looking at front CAMBER the final figures are both OUTSIDE the spec, so not good.

and rear CAMBER final figures are also OUTSIDE of spec, again not good.

Those are just two comments.

Did he say he could not get them within spec because there was no further adjustment available?

Is your car lowered?

Did he suggest that suspension bushes were worn to an unacceptable degree?

It may be of course he did not have the correct specs for your car in the first place, and so it is not possible to achieve those figures anyway.

I would be inclined to go back and talk to him or manager.

Protyre consider themselves to be professionals and the manager will want to assure you that they can deal with your car. (I am assuming they are part of the large chain of depots with that name)

 

[kirkyboy]

hi i wrote those in as they would not scan, he said that mb would have to do camber, they just did tracking, would the camber affect the wear on the inner of the tyres?
cheers kirkyboy

 

[kth286]

of course, but to a significantly lesser degree than wrong toe settings.

 

[television]

of course, but to a significantly lesser degree than wrong toe settings.

I saw David that there are 3 different settings spread across the 3 variantson the camber or shall we say height

 

[meanie]

I'm with David on this one.
I also notice that the ride heights are indeed out as well.Is it sat on standard springs?

 

[kirkyboy]

it has the sports pack on it, so these settings might be for normal car without the handling package

 

[meanie]

it has the sports pack on it, so these settings might be for normal car without the handling package

That's true.
However,if the ride height is out it will adversely affect the camber.Excessive negative camber will result in tyre wear on the inner edges.

 

[television]

Before a level check the fuel tank must be full and all other water bottles, nothing else in the car


The figure for the ride height is correct at -15 to -20 as this was modified in 15-09-99

 

[Big Gav]

What sort of price do these companies ask for a 4 wheel alignment check normall?

I had a slight incident on the Ice a week ago or so and have found the steering wheel is no longer straight any more (Points to the curb slightly)
Its got to help hasn't?

G

 

[television]

What sort of price do these companies ask for a 4 wheel alignment check normall?

I had a slight incident on the Ice a week ago or so and have found the steering wheel is no longer straight any more (Points to the curb slightly)
Its got to help hasn't?

G

Before you do that Gav,, you must have bent a track rod for the steering to be out, a replacement can be fitted with have to do the alignment

 

[Big Gav]

Will I be able to see this / replace the track rod or will it be a ramp and garage job?

G

 

[television]

Will I be able to see this / replace the track rod or will it be a ramp and garage job?

G

With a straight edge rule or bar then I hope so.

looking its not quite that easy to replace as its all in one lump and called a drag link, thats item 5 one of the end pieces hopefully are bent, it will be the one that hit something.

Much easier on a ramp,

http://www.detali.ru/cat/oem_mb2.as...417717.418&CT=F&cat=45Y&SID=46&SGR=120&SGN=07

 

[Big Gav]

Look out Indi here I come again...lol

Thanks again Television.

G