Any help, my passenger side tire is worn on the very inside down to the metal. Tires are brand new. Only 41,000 miles. Thanks for any suggestions.

 

Sacho,

I've moved your question from General Tech Help to X308 forum. Members here with the same model will be able to help.

Apart from the uneven wear, it looks like something is making contact and cutting into the inside of the tyre.

Graham

 

Sacho, have you got a tire shop handy with 4 wheel alignment tools? This would give you a pinpoint as to what's failed. The mileage doesn't matter on these cars because the bushings seem to wear out over time and there's a number of them on these cars. There are bolts to adjust track and camber on the fr. wishbones, but even with incorrect adjustment it wouldn't wear to this extent.

Maybe lower wishbone bushes. If you can get a good look at the suspension from top to bottom including the upper shock bushing to the bottom one you're more than likely to locate it. Once you know which one there's plenty of help on replacement.
Hope that helps.

 

Thanks for the info.

 

Common issue on the x308, bushings or alignment issue, or a combination of both.
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As mentioned, do a professional 3D alignment, and let them take special care on the toe-in of the fronts.
I followed the instructions of our long term member Brutal, and had the fronts pushed out (by spreader bar or just your arms) while setting the toe-in.

Seems to work for me.

 

Firstly, the tires can't be brand new, as you have worn the inner edge. How many miles have they done?

Secondly, I suspect you don't need a fancy alignment machine. A quick look around with the Mk 1 Human Eyeball should tell you what you need to know. Either the tire is rubbing on something, or there is a gross misalignment due to a faulty component. Move the steering through its full range and LOOK.

Thirdly, the fact that this is only on one side means that it can't be a toe-in fault, can it? The other side would wear the same.

 

Will agree that it is a LOT of wear for tires that new, there's definitely something out of whack, and something that causes that much, should be somewhat obvious. If you're aren't too experienced though, pretty much any tire shop should be able to point out issues just by seeing the tire. Any of the other tires wearing similar?

 

I am with Mark. If it is wearing as bad as you claim, you should be able to eye ball it on level ground. If your eyesight is as bad as mine, you MIGHT need a torpedo bubble level and a tape measure.
Two key questions:
1) Did the old tires wear the same?
2) Did you have an alignment done?

If the answer to 1) is no and the answer to 2) is yes, then you might have had a moron do the alignment. Or... there is a possibility you have a defective tire with a ply separation.

 

Thanks for the replies

 

OBTW, tires with 41000 miles are hardly new. My experience has been they ate up the Pirellis quickly; second set, Michelin Pilots were worn at 30000; last car had new Coopers, but were showing significant wear at 30000.

But you seem to have a major toe-in issue on the tire you showed.

 

Well, I asked how many miles were on the tires, but the OP couldn't be bothered to answer my question.

 

Isn't it in the first post?

"Tires are brand new. Only 41,000 miles. Thanks for any suggestions."

 

It's not clear to me whether that is the car he is referring to, or the tires.

 

I assumed he meant 41k on the car, alluding to wondering what might have gone bad with such light mileage that the tire would wear that way. Especially since I can't think anyone would refer to any tires with 41,000 miles to be anywhere near brand new. Though if there is a model tire out there that 41k is barely scratching the surface, I'd sure like to know what it is!

 

The car has 41000 miles the tires about 15,000 they are Yokohama .

 

Mine last year, front, some 15k miles.

Both side same problem (ignore the fact the wear is on the outside, we reversed both to limp home waiting for new rims and tires).

Toe-in was way out of spec., camber just out of spec.
New tires seem to hold.

 

Thanks all that is the problem then .

 

Hi members I just got the car back from Triple A car center repair he told me the front shocks are bad causing the tire wear, also he said the alignment is done by adjusting the shocks. Thanks is this true. Thanks.

 

Nope, neither of those things are true.

 

Thanks but could bad shocks cause the tire wear.