Uneven tyre wear

WestWicklow1

I got two new front tyres fitted and balanced 16,000 kms ago on an '09 Kia Ceed CRDI estate. The other day I noticed that both tyres are wearing unevenly on the outer edge.

I called in to the same tyre shop and asked if he had anyone that could properly track the front wheels and I appreciated his honesty when he said “No”. This is a prominent tyre shop in a large urban area. He had a look at the tyres and could clearly see the uneven wear and said that there’s nothing wrong and that they were wearing perfectly.

I disagreed with him and went on my way.

What do you think? What would cause the outside edge of both tyres to wear more that the rest of the tyre?

Hal1

By the wheel not being perfectly centered in the wheel arch. Tyres not inflated to correct psi and worn suspension parts.

What causes TYRE wear on outside?

There is excessive camber in the front suspension, causing the wheel to lean too much to the inside or outside and putting too much load on one side of the tire. The car may simply need the wheels aligned, but misalignment could be due to sagging springs, worn ball joints, or worn control arm bushings.

smuggler.ie

Good quality images would help to make better judgement...,but most likelly

Hal1 wrote: »

By the wheel not being perfectly centered in the wheel arch. Tyres not inflated to correct psi and worn suspension parts.

CJhaughey

Get them aligned on a 4 wheel alignment machine.
At least you will have a baseline setting that you can work from in that case.

WestWicklow1

Thank you for all the comments.

Maybe a bit of history needed.....

Old tyres wore absolutely perfectly even. Always at right pressure, always looked after and got great mileage from them.

I bought four new tyres from tyre shop A and was offered 4 wheel alignment on their brand new set up at an introductory price so got it done. Left shop and immediately knew it was pulling to the left quite badly. Went back a few days later and they rechecked it, said it was slightly out, reset it but still pulling to the left. They sent me to Tyre shop B who had the same setup (same manufacturer of the alignment equipment) and tyre shop B said it was tracked/aligned ok.

I had to get the pull out of it so went to Tyre shop C and asked them if they could properly align it, they said yes and were successful in taking the pull out of it. However it never felt as good as before these tyres went on it.

Anyway, these tyres wore out (front only). They wore very unevenly in the centre even though I am very careful to keep at correct pressure. I carry two tyre pressure gauges and they are checked weekly, sometimes more, seriously!! I went to tyre shop D and got two new front tyres and it’s these tyres that are wearing unevenly on the outside edge of each. The rest is in my first post.

Suspension is good. Car has never been in a crash and is well looked after and bear in mind the old tyres wore absolutely perfectly even. It all started going wrong when tyre shop A did the alignment. Incidentally tyre shop A refunded me their charge and tyre shop B’s charge.

Do you know of a tyre shop in the Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare area that can properly track/align? I don’t mean someone you’ve just bought tyres from and they were nice to deal with and so on. I mean one who has already tracked/aligned your car and you are happy with the result. If you do please let me know.

CJhaughey

What tyres did you put on? Some tyres will give that kind of problem.

WestWicklow1

CJhaughey wrote: »

What tyres did you put on? Some tyres will give that kind of problem.

Hankook Ventus Prime 3

CJhaughey

Decent tyre's so, they shouldn't have given that much trouble?
I'd be looking for a place with a Hunter setup, I don't much care for the John Bean ones.