I am getting uneven tire wear on my right front tire. Could it be the pothole I hit 3 months ago coming back to haunt me? Just came back from the shop and the alignment is OK. What could cause this?
Hope it is not too expensive. She gets minimal use and may need to go on the block. If it comes to that...where should I go?
1999 XK8, 3 x black, convet.,garage kept entire life, 70K miles

 

Check your wheel bearing.

 

Having the same problem, I am planing on checking the bushing and shock mounts next week. Then have it aligned and new paws.

 

Just replaced all four tires and they were all worn more on the inside. Alignment man said camber - all four wheels sort of sag to the inside. Jag tech said he sees it but it usually doesn't cause really fast wear.

Both said there is a shim kit for the rear and used to be a cam kit for the front. I'm debating a bit what to do about it, but mostly driving and enjoying my sweet car. 2000 XKR 113400± miles

 

I suggest more research on alignment...I have negative camber on all 4, -1.1, -1.3, in front and -1.5 on both rears and I had inside tire wear that wore my tires prematurely, however, after searching for posts by Brutal here about alignment, I went to the tire place, bought 4 new tires and had another alignment done giving them specific alignment specs with a slight toe-in, which will help compensate for negative camber and told them to use the Mercedes pressor bar method pushing out on the front wheels, and have had absolutely no uneven wear since. Do a search on pressor bar on the forum, you will find a lot of discussion. Here is one https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...-issues-11138/

 

 

You've done some serious searching to find this four year old thread in XK8/XKR forum!

Your profile shows you have a 2014 Jaguar XJL V8 Supercharged. which has a completely different suspension design ........

Graham