Loss of traction and tyre wear

claymore68 · Post by **claymore68** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 2:56 pm

HI Guys, im not the most mechanicaly minded and have an issue with my 5th gen BB9 , I had to get 2 new front tyres as they were bald on the outside edge but inside tread was good , so asked the guys to check tracking at which point they said tracking was spot on. Now with new tyres when turning left or right at medium speed there feels like no grip to the point its scary . Even at 90 on the motorway it feels like the steering is light and nervy. Now Ive recently had new disks all the way round and new pipes pads etc ....is it possible that this has screwed up something? In one day there is a very visable wearing on the outside edge of the new tyres, cant be good. Tyres are Toyo Proxies CF2 . Any help or thoughts would be great.

Cheers Claymore

lewie fraser · Post by **lewie fraser** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 5:24 pm

I would say that if your tracking was fine then you will have a suspension component that has failed and it Causing your tyres to wear like that.it would also give poor handling.

If you can,jack up the car and remove the wheel.have a good look around with a pry bar if you have one.check all joints and your shocks and springs.i would imagen the guys at the garage would have done that if the tracking was fine.hope you find the problem

Max · Post by **Max** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 6:29 pm

Strange, it sounds like a symptom of too much toe in, as above if tracking is fine i would start checking suspension components, although im not sure what else could cause this other than toe...

firstlude · Post by **firstlude** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 6:52 pm

i would take it to another place to have the alignment checked

Post by **vanzep** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 7:11 pm

brand new tyres can feel a bit slippery to start with and feel better once they are scrubbed in -this is what i found when i recently fitted a pair of Toyo T1R's to the front of the BB1
does sound like you have an alignment issue or some other problem though as tyre wear should ideally be even across the width of the tread - if you throw the car round the corners you will of course get a little bit more wear at the outer edge

Post by **Vtecmec** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 7:57 pm

Was the tracking checked on a decent 4 wheel alignment system, if not have it checked somewhere else......

Post by **Donald** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 8:04 pm

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Post by **Vtecmec** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 8:39 pm

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toadster · Post by **toadster** » Sun Mar 05, 2017 10:46 pm

Lo

claymore68 wrote:Even at 70 on the motorway

Just correcting your TYPO

Cheers

Toadster

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