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About once in their life I rotate swap my tyres front to back in an attempt to even the wear so they expire at the same time. I purposely leave each tyre on one corner for as long as possible so any uneven wear has a chance to be detected. I don't subscribe to the idea that more frequent rotation will extend the overall life of the tyres - just how would it? In fact I suggest that regular rotation can shorten their life because while you are evening out the wear you are also evening out any uneven wear giving the illusion of health only.
I have recollections of my wheel alignment bloke telling me that if you have it within Hyundai specs, it will scrub......
My previous diesel (April) was a scrubber.
Quote from: db08 on May 27, 2013, 10:19:54My previous diesel (April) was a scrubber.Hey db08 did you get anything specifically done for the inside wear and do you feel it fixed the problem?
Quote from: constipated on May 27, 2013, 21:14:15Quote from: db08 on May 27, 2013, 10:19:54My previous diesel (April) was a scrubber.Hey db08 did you get anything specifically done for the inside wear and do you feel it fixed the problem?No I didn't.The original tyres wore out at 68,000 kms with inside wear.The Kumho replacements had done 68,000 kms when I sold the car but there appeared to be lots of kms left in them and the wear wasn't as much of an issue but I don't know why. My tyre place suggested it was probably the extra weight of the diesel that caused some suspension sag resulting in tyre wear.I'll be interested to see how the GD fares in that department.
Hey Surferdude,this is the wheel alignment report I received. It was a busy centre and didn't receive much feedback about what was found.On closer inspection both front and rear tyres had inside shoulder wear but I don't know if the rear were the result of previously being on the front the last time I rotated them.What do the specs look like to you and is anything they have done likely to improve the situation of excessive inside shoulder wear?
OK. Thanks for that. It appears there was a bit too much toe out on the front.
A negative figure is toe out.