By warrenl on Friday, November 30, 2001 - 11:59 am: Edit

hello all, I was just wondering if any of you have experienced some kind, if any, uneven tire wear? for some reason I had to switch my front tires to the rear and vice versa... because my front tires have more wear then the rear. any particular reason why this happened? I'm gonna be in the market for some new tires soon but I don't want this to happen to the new set when I get them...

By Ho Chung (Ho) on Friday, November 30, 2001 - 12:03 pm: Edit

tie rod bent?
check the toe setting.

By warrenl on Friday, November 30, 2001 - 12:14 pm: Edit

thanks for the quick response Ho. the last time I went to the dealer I told them about it, they said some shit and just told me that they would just rotate the tires. is this something that they should have taken care of?

By Ho Chung (Ho) on Friday, November 30, 2001 - 12:20 pm: Edit

if dealer should or shouldn't have taken care of the problem is another issue.

uneven wear in what way? worn out on the inner portion of the tread? outsides? cupping?

By Steve (Steve2) on Friday, November 30, 2001 - 12:37 pm: Edit

warren-

is it the 'piano key' look of the outer lugs? my personal feeling is the shocks are spings are getting weak - most likely shocks. a nice set of ome firms would do nicely on a stock disco.

steve

By warrenl on Friday, November 30, 2001 - 12:44 pm: Edit

thanks to the both of you for your responses... Ho it's the inside of the tires that are worn, there was some thread in the past and BlueGil was able to give some light on it I do see some cupping but that's normal... I guess I'm a bit frustrated because they say Disco's don't need to be aligned.

By Ho Chung (Ho) on Friday, November 30, 2001 - 01:13 pm: Edit

just check the tie rod for any bend. the tie rod is the rod under the pinion, and attaches both front wheels to each other.

and all you need to do for alignment is check the distance between the front of the front tires, and the rear of the front tires.
and rotate the tie rod ends to adjust the lenght.

it should be just a hair toe out.

By ken on Friday, November 30, 2001 - 01:43 pm: Edit

Do you have ACE I was told that most cars with ACE wear unevenly. No personal experiance I waved that option.

By ho on Friday, November 30, 2001 - 02:01 pm: Edit

i don't see the conneciton between uneven tire wear and ACE.... perhaps faster tire wear?
since we can say that drivers of ACE equipped vehicle tend to drive more aggressively, fucking up the tires in very short period of time.

By ken on Friday, November 30, 2001 - 02:05 pm: Edit

Don't know mabey its the way the tires break to control the handling like I said just somthing I heard; but I didn't here it from Perrone if that makes it more creditable.

By warrenl on Friday, November 30, 2001 - 03:10 pm: Edit

no, no ACE for me... I have a 98 Disco. I'll have to check that out Ho... My brother has a manual so we'll do a quick once over. thanks to all of you.

By Kyle on Friday, November 30, 2001 - 03:15 pm: Edit

If they are wearing on the inside then its toed out too far. As Ho said the seering rod could be bent , that will do it...


Kyle

By cartner on Saturday, December 01, 2001 - 06:54 pm: Edit

whats the piano key affect? I think I got that! probably not a GOOD thing...but at least I have SOMETHING....

By Kristian on Sunday, December 02, 2001 - 11:39 am: Edit

Don't the fronts always wear down faster anyhow because of grinding on the pavement during slow-speed turning and parking maneuvers?