Uneven Front Tyre Wear. 92 Escort.

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Mon 14 Jun 2004 18:46
Uneven Front Tyre Wear. 92 Escort. - escort man
Hi,

The 2 Front tyres on my 1992 Ford Escort are wearing unevenly.
And not at the same rate either.

The front offside (drivers side) has plenty of tread left that is visible, but the inside(nearest the engine) of the tyre is almost bald.
Its the same for the nearside (passenger). The pasenger side is also wearing on the other side(kerb side) though not to the same extent (but almost to the tread depth marker, hence why i woul like to know why)

Had the tracking checked bout 6 months ago as the nearside was wearing on both edges (the tyre was the same pressure as all the others) and this turned out to be A OK.

Front wishbones were replaced a few months ago and since then ive noticed the wear on both inside edges, could this be a factor?

Worth noting over the last few months ive been doing weekly 250mile notorway trips with just myself in the car - would this unbalance it enough to cause the abnormal wear?

Wanted something to tell the garage before just turning up.

Cheers,
Dave.
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Mon 14 Jun 2004 20:45
Uneven Front Tyre Wear. 92 Escort. - Peter D
Did you have the tracking checked after the wishbones were replaced. IF not there is your problem both tracking and camber and caster may be wrong. Regards Peter
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Mon 14 Jun 2004 22:16
Uneven Front Tyre Wear. 92 Escort. - escort man
Thanks for your reply, I dont think the tracking etc was checked after the new wishbones, though i didnt think to ask.
Will ask them to check it all over again, and hopefully cure the problem.

Dave
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Mon 14 Jun 2004 22:20
Uneven Front Tyre Wear. 92 Escort. - Civic8
It should be automatic ie tracking rechecked.
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Tue 15 Jun 2004 01:25
Uneven Front Tyre Wear. 92 Escort. - escort man
Would the new parts need time to "bed in", and maybe shift all the tracking and others out of line as they do?

Ill get it checked asap and report back...
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Tue 15 Jun 2004 01:54
Uneven Front Tyre Wear. 92 Escort. - Civic8
Only thing you need concentrate on is tracking.as you have driven it bedding in is not an issue.camber/castor is designed into the suspension/hub design not adjustable.what you have done will rectify any prob there.
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Tue 15 Jun 2004 10:22
Uneven Front Tyre Wear. 92 Escort. - John S
Dave

First ensure the tracking was reset after the front wishbones were replaced. If it was set on worn units it would need correcting when they were replaced. One person motorway use shouldn't cause problems.

I had persistent problems with a '95 Escort which, from new, destroyed one front tyre edge in a couple of thousand miles.

After 3 worn out tyres and several attempts at simple tracking checks, which allegedly showed no problem, and a lot of complaining the dealer finally sent it out for a full 4 wheel alignment - amazingly a Ford main dealer didn't have the capability for this. This highlighted several alignment problems, which were allegedly corrected. Unfortunately I don't know the result as I sold it soon after in disgust - that wasn't the only problem I'd had!

Regards

john S
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