Suspension Issue #32548

[Richo]

I have noticed that at the rear the drivers side tyre gets bold a lot quicker than the other one, and before you say open wheeling, it is leaving 2 marks on the ground when you spin the wheels.

I have no idea what it could be, it has to be something diff or drivetrain related but cant get to

the bottom of it. Somehow seems like the drivers side wheel is spinning faster than the other one.

Has anyone here had the same problem before? Any help appreciated.

Cheers

Ric

[T04GTR]

well it will be open wheeling abit. get a wheel alignment. mayby you got alot more camber on the r/h side.

[meanman]

If its a stock LSD youll probably fine the back right will spin a fair bit more then your left.

Seems normal to me.

Just live with it or get hold of non directional tyres so you can swop back right to back left and vice versa.

[Russman]

Is it wear on the inside, outside?

It could always be toe out or toe in on one wheel and not the other. Gutter bash could do it?

Get a wheel allignment to be safe.

[Richo]

yes thanks guys, car has been wheel aligned recently, so thats out of the question. Any other ideas?

[Russman]

Where on the tyre is it wearing?

Was it a 4 wheel allignment or just the front? Are you confident they did a good job?

[Roy]

Ride heights. What suspension are you running. Its not uncommon to get poor tyre wear as a result of poorly adjusted rides heights on shocks that have threaded shock bodies

[Richo]

People please, it is not the wheel alignment as I said before, I have had 2 wheel alignments in the last months in 2 different places, and nothing has changed.

One tyre gets bold, everywhere, gone, on the metal while the other one is still on the indicators, to give an example.

Roy, fair point, ill check the thread and the ride height, who knows maybe thats the problem.

More ideas welcome, getting sick of this.

Cheers

Ric

[Duncan]

yes thanks guys, car has been wheel aligned recently, so thats out of the question. Any other ideas?

not at all....did you get the after settings printed out?

I had a wheel alignment done on a car last week and it was left with +.7 and -.9 on the other side toe at the rear.

[JAS-25T]

Its much like the front left of your car wears quicker than the right. It is a consequence of driving on the left side of the road. You just so happen to turn right more than left. therefore the rear right will wear more if you have an LSD/Locked diff.

If you drove on the other side of the road as other countries do, you would wear the opposite tyres.

[Richo]

You just so happen to turn right more than left. therefore the rear right will wear more if you have an LSD/Locked diff.

When you have a Mechanical LSD, arent the wheels suppose to spin at the same rate all the time though???

[smurf80]

I had the problem but it was my rear left. Mine was due to a shagged shock. I replaced it and all is fine now.

Cheers

Chris

[salad]

When you have a Mechanical LSD, arent the wheels suppose to spin at the same rate all the time though???

Yeah, and that's why it wears out. Goin round a right hand corner, the rear right needs to be turning faster than the rear left. But the LSD is making them both spin at the same rate. So you chew out the rear right.