Odd Tire Wear

dnwong · Post by **dnwong** » 30 Apr 2018, 00:14

One of my tires is wearing funny. The tire was on the front left and it started to wear on the outer edge. So, I rotated the tires and now the tire is in the right rear. The tire continues to wear poorly and faster than the other three tire, especially on the outer edge. The suspension seems to be ok with no major wear on the bushing.

Ideas?

krassigr · Post by **krassigr** » 25 May 2018, 23:30

Sub-frame bushings?

Post by **June** » 26 May 2018, 03:59

Has the car had a 4 wheel alignment recently? If you can rule out alignment issues, the tire is defective. June

Post by **oragex** » 26 May 2018, 04:49

I'm not a fan of switching sides when rotating a tire. Usually I simply take the wheels with the most traction (usually the front ones on a fwd and awd car) and put them on the rear say once a year, so I don't end with two worn tires and two still good ones. But there is no reason to switch a tire from the left side to the right side for example.

As for the wear, assuming all tires are the same brand and bought all new, is this the only tire that wears this way?

Post by **June** » 26 May 2018, 05:57

oragex wrote: ↑26 May 2018, 04:49

As for the wear, assuming all tires are the same brand and bought all new, is this the only tire that wears this way?

Years ago I had a tire (of a set of 4) come apart that was fairly new to my car, but quite older than the rest of it the set I bought. It is disturbing to know tire stores don't sell a set of tires made from the same batch or date. Therefore it is possible that one tire came from a batch of tires with a problem (flaw) where as the other three could be from a completely different batch. You must look at the date code on the sidewall of the tires before you buy tires to be sure the store is not passing off a few old tires in the set. Tires have a shelf life apparently. June

Post by **mrbrian200** » 27 May 2018, 21:49

If the tire continues to wear oddly after being rotated to a different position on the car, and the tire that's now in the position it used to be is not wearing unevely, I say bad tire. Looks like a broken belt. If it weren't for the tread wearing down, a more obvious 'bubble' around the outside circumference of the tire would probably look more obvious. I pretty sure I can see it when I look closely at the top and bottom outline of the tire in your picture (circled) below.

You can breath easy, there's nothing wrong, or at least nothing "new", with your Volvo. From the looks of it you were due for a new set of tires very soon anyway.

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Post by **FLXC90** » 05 Jun 2018, 23:43

+1 to mrbrian, also, switching radial tires from one direction of rotation (side of the vehicle)to the opposite is an invitation to broken carcass belts.