Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 23:55:08 +0100 From: "Simon Watkins" <siwatkinsnopsamorg> Subject: Re: 9-5 - Abnormal Tyre wear???
Johannes H Andersen <johannes.andersennopsamel.ac.uk> wrote in message news:39165E83.CA4F3458nopsamel.ac.uk... > Can't think that the auto box should cause more wear. No, I would have thought less - difficult to do drop clutch starts in an Auto :-) You said that tyres was > worn "almost" on the limit. My mechanic says that the limit 1.6mm need only be > satisfied for 75% of the tyre area ? So there could still be some life left in > the tyres. Yes, there is - now they are on the rears, I should get a few thousand more out of them. Maybe I exaggerated. There is proably about 2-3 mm left on the outside inch and maybe 8 on the rest of the tire. Anyway, asymmetric wear would not be not right, but then I > understand that the wear is "almost" symmetric. No, not really. the outside inch is affected, the remainder of the tyre is ok. In hindsight, you would have a > stronger case if you had diagnosed the problem earlier on. But this is easy > to say now. I know - I had noticed some wear, but hadn't realised it was so uneven before. It wasn't something I was particularly expecting at say 8000 miles. I would try an alternative garage for tracking without mentioning > the problem. If there is a real problem, then it can only be due to geometry. > > Johannes I might do that. Thanks for the comments, Simon > > > > > Simon
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