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x5pea Member Since: 03 May 2007 Location: Lanarkshire Posts: 2097 |
Its called owning a RRS
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Sat Jun 13 2015 8:08pm |
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Mirzazuber Member Since: 20 Mar 2014 Location: Stoke on Trent Posts: 22 |
Yeh i think i am heading towards that route too if nothing comes back from the dealership, the service giy seemed to think something wasn't quite right when he saw the tyres ( maybe he was after my money ) |
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Sat Jun 13 2015 8:12pm |
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RRSTDV8 Member Since: 12 Aug 2011 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 8981 |
My TDV8 wears the outer shoulders all round, more on the front than the rear. There is some inside shoulder wear too but the outer is most noticeable. The rest of the tyre wears perfectly. It's been doing this as long as I've had it and I think it is something that one has to live with. I think it's caused by the tolerance built in to the air suspension ride heights. As the system allows each wheel to be measurably higher or lower than the nominal ride height you get varying toe-in and toe-out effects over time. This causes the shoulders to wear as you would expect with feathered outer tread blocks.
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Sun Jun 14 2015 5:13pm |
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Terryrrs Member Since: 25 Dec 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 158 |
18 months into ownership I have noticed front outer shoulders have worn more on the near side. Booked in for 4 wheel alignment on Thursday just to check as on Friday have a long trip abroad. May put on two new front tyres. I am tempted to put on four 275 45 20 after alignment but not sure if this would affect the alignment
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Sun Jun 14 2015 7:45pm |
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RRSTDV8 Member Since: 12 Aug 2011 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 8981 |
Outer shoulder on the front nearside is sometimes called "roundabout wear" from taking roundabouts in a, ahem, spirited manner...
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Sun Jun 14 2015 9:27pm |
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Terryrrs Member Since: 25 Dec 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 158 |
Two new front tyres, not sure about the spirited driving but I must own up to visiting Milton Keynes!! Four wheel alignment on Thursday.
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Mon Jun 15 2015 12:15pm |
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Mirzazuber Member Since: 20 Mar 2014 Location: Stoke on Trent Posts: 22 |
What i don't get is why does it wear out on the inner and outer shoulder on both sides |
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Mon Jun 15 2015 5:33pm |
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x5pea Member Since: 03 May 2007 Location: Lanarkshire Posts: 2097 |
It likely down to the air suspension. The RRS is a two way system which means the front two air bags are linked by a T piece and a single air line from the pressure switch. This mean when the strut(air bag) on NS wheel compresses the OS wheel takes the additional air pressure, thus inflating the OS air bag and raising the OS marginally which throws the alignment out. It's not a massive amount of movement but it will be happening on every bump. Pretty poor system tbh. Not sure if it's been updated in the L494, but a 4 way system is the way to go.
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Tue Jun 16 2015 7:42am |
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RRSTDV8 Member Since: 12 Aug 2011 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 8981 |
As ride height changes, the toe and camber change. As the system allows a tolerance to prevent working the corner valves and compressor constantly, the gradual changes in ride height mean that toe and camber settings aren't spot on for some varying period of time. This causes wear. Toe and camber "errors" wear the shoulders depending on which way the error is - toe in will wear the outer shoulder, toe out the inner shoulder ( I think that's the correct way round).
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Tue Jun 16 2015 8:06am |
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