feathering tyres 18inch

[tur]

Hey has anyone else experianced this problem my front tyres a feathering on the outside and inside? xar has 20,000 km is this normal or is it not and whats the fix pull to the right a bit as well, checked the alignment perfect what could be te problem??????????

Edited 02/07/04 05:51 PM by tur

[ducatijb]

Don't really know about feathering Tur but my 18's were rs after 25000k's

[Guest]

Underinflated maby??

vik

[Tex]

Does sound like under inflation. High pressure causes centre wear low pressure causes wear on the outside.

[Worpor]

I ve got them. It happened to me. Stick 45 - 48 psi in them stoped it on mine, ride is a bit harder but feels a lot better on the road. They perform much better in the wet too. Placard in the door has good pressures for ride but no wear and at $500 each Ill loose a bit of ride quality.

Cheers

Tony

[Benny]

To stop feathering on my front tyres I up'd the pressure to 42psi but left the rears at around 39psi other wise I found it a bit harder to get traction off the lights with 42 in the rear. With 18's I find I have to rotate them front to rear about every 7000klms.

[Worpor]

To stop feathering on my front tyres I up'd the pressure to 42psi but left the rears at around 39psi other wise I found it a bit harder to get traction off the lights with 42 in the rear. With 18's I find I have to rotate them front to rear about every 7000klms.

42 is fine if you dont drive hard. But under hard driving its not enough. I found no extra traction probs with 42 in the rear. I have the ute. Driving style will impact greatly.

Cheers

Tony

[turb06]

Don't really know about feathering Tur but my 18's were rs after 25000k's

So were mine.

[Guest Scootre]

My front 18's looked like they were feathering, although I was running 38 front and 36 rear.

I had them rotated (fronts to backs etc) last week at 12000kms and asked the dealer to comment on the feathering. He said that the wear was very even across all of the tyres and to keep the tyre pressures at where they were. He reckons I should be able to expect about 30k from the tyres if I rotate them one more time at about 24000.

With that, I figured the 'feathering' might simply be a bit of wear further out the side of the tread compared to the backs - I dunno, due to a bit of understeer (?!?). Hell... as far as car mechanicals go, I make a great chef...

Nevertheless, I'm (still) going to get a depth guage to keep an eye on them... if I ever remember to pick one up next time I'm at autobahn.

Edited 03/07/04 02:03 AM by Scootre

[tur]

the car also tramlines, anyone experianced this