carlsson 986
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- Joined
- Sep 16, 2008
- Messages
- 13
- Location
- Kenilworth, Wawicks
- Car
- S124 1994 E280 in Midnight Blue 904 / Volvo Amazon 122S 1967 2-door in Pearl White
W210 Estate geometry
I am currently in MB Birmingham having my E320 CDI Avantgarde estate geometry being done again!
This stems from the car shredding the front nearside tyre on the inside shoulder on what was otherwise a good tyre having covered 16000 miles since the end of January. The rear nearside too was found to be similarly on the way out and has had to be replaced. I apparently have potholed the car causing the problem, but this is unbeknown to me and I'm the driver! A second replacement tyre lasted 300 miles and it is now also scrap. All the wear on inside shoulder through to canvas.
The car runs on 18" MB rims 8 or 8.5" front (I can't remember) and 9" rears shod with Avon tyres. The car was bought second hand and came with factory AMG spec set up but for 16" rims according to the build sheet and I feel I am getting the proverbial run around because I am being told that my 18" rims will not suit the car and the tyres are not MB approved - I thought the whole point of having a geometry set up was to suit the rims on the car! This is therefore a load of tosh (polite) and I need some ammunition to get them to set the car up properly.
So what would cause such a dramatic change in the tyres after 16K uneventful motorway miles - the usual suspects, camber, castor, toe in/out etc come to mind but the adjustment schedule from MB shows all settings were originall within the tolerances set by MB, with only minor adjustment, and the left front had the same reading before and after??? So what did they do?
Yours - Perplexed
Ric
I am currently in MB Birmingham having my E320 CDI Avantgarde estate geometry being done again!
This stems from the car shredding the front nearside tyre on the inside shoulder on what was otherwise a good tyre having covered 16000 miles since the end of January. The rear nearside too was found to be similarly on the way out and has had to be replaced. I apparently have potholed the car causing the problem, but this is unbeknown to me and I'm the driver! A second replacement tyre lasted 300 miles and it is now also scrap. All the wear on inside shoulder through to canvas.
The car runs on 18" MB rims 8 or 8.5" front (I can't remember) and 9" rears shod with Avon tyres. The car was bought second hand and came with factory AMG spec set up but for 16" rims according to the build sheet and I feel I am getting the proverbial run around because I am being told that my 18" rims will not suit the car and the tyres are not MB approved - I thought the whole point of having a geometry set up was to suit the rims on the car! This is therefore a load of tosh (polite) and I need some ammunition to get them to set the car up properly.
So what would cause such a dramatic change in the tyres after 16K uneventful motorway miles - the usual suspects, camber, castor, toe in/out etc come to mind but the adjustment schedule from MB shows all settings were originall within the tolerances set by MB, with only minor adjustment, and the left front had the same reading before and after??? So what did they do?
Yours - Perplexed
Ric