Shoulder wear

[Goody (UK)]

Re:- C270CDI Estate (2002) running on 4 x Conti tyres.
Initially the front nearside tyre was wearing/scrubbing out the outer edge & car was pulling to the left while driving on flat (no camber) roads.
I had the geometry checked & adjusted, this seems to have stopped the uneven wear & pulling but now the rear nearside tyre has rapidly worn on it's outer edge (It was fine before).
The car is booked in again to be checked,
Is this a common problem ?.
I have read that it can be the tyre make(Continental) that causes the problem. If so what is the best option?
Cheers, Goody.

 

[BIG Sean]

To shed water off the carriageway all roads have some form of gradient to them - Generally [certainly oop north] roads have a head fall, Most [>90% i'd say] roads have camber, however minimal, some have cross fall, but not many and very few, when extremely flat [usually darn sarf/or coastal], are 'summitted' and 'valleyed' with gullies in the 'valleys.'

EDIT this was a reply to 'Shoulder wear' by GOODY (UK) - how on earth did it get here???

 

[ckember]

i have had similar issues with the front tyres, sometimes it's the nearside one others the offside. I have had a four wheel alignment and this showed nothing wrong. However after haveing the front droplink bushes changed seems to be better.

 

[Benzowner]

Diesel engine, power steering, only one thing worse is front wheel drive Power steering is not the best for tyres, and maybe the cause of your shoulder wear. If its not too bad, i.e.still legal, swap the front tyres over, NOT the wheels. The shoulder will then be inside and you can run your tyres to see if it is the tyre or a geometry problem, before you need to go to the expence of new tyres

 

[DieselE]

Diesel engine, power steering, only one thing worse is front wheel drive Power steering is not the best for tyres, and maybe the cause of your shoulder wear. If its not too bad, i.e.still legal, swap the front tyres over, NOT the wheels. The shoulder will then be inside and you can run your tyres to see if it is the tyre or a geometry problem, before you need to go to the expence of new tyres

Before you follow the advice above, check the sidewall of your tyres. On some tyres (including the Continentals that my car came with) they are marked with the word outside, indicating an assymetric tread. Such tyres should not be swapped in the way described above.

 

[BTB 500]

In the UK I would expect more outer edge wear on the nearside tyres than the offside, simply because every roundabout you take is effectively a fairly tight right turn.