Pajero Owners Club of South Africa

My mate has a 2.8 Blister

All the tyres are wearing evenly, but one of the tyres is wearing faster then the others.

Why would this be?

One tyre from different batch, hence softer?
Binding brakes?
Bearings?

bindings brakes, wheel bearings or play in the steering (ball joint or TRE giving a slight wobble and increasing wear)

4ePikanini wrote:bindings brakes, wheel bearings or play in the steering (ball joint or TRE giving a slight wobble and increasing wear)

Meant to say it's the right rear.

I believe the slightly different lengths between the diff and the left/right wheels may have a small difference in torque delivered to the wheel causing uneven wear. I may be wrong.

Other than that I'd still check for play on suspension bushes and arm linkages as well as brake binding and wheel bearings.

NB : Also make sure his tyre pressures are the same.

Shock absorber failing?
Has he had a decent four wheel allignment done?

I see my left rear is going at a rapid rate . I need to urgently get to a wheel allignment shop.

Hi guys,

My penny's worht.

All the possible causes mentioned can above and will affect the wear rate However, I am of opinion that the biggest culprit will be a wheel (side) that is out of alignment. If the alignment is out, it will not in all effect have uneven wear as a result - a wrong camber and wrong toe-in can neutralise each other and thus the uneven wear pattern but will result in faster wear. A worn shock(s) will result in wavey wear pattern. Believe me, when you have the suspension adjusted, join the "technician" in the pit and insist on a proper adjustment.

Cloyd.

Hi Guys,
Must agree with Cloyd here. A shock will most defenitely be felt as you drive due vibration or even shaking.
My suspicion is that is almost most defenitly wheel alignment .
Hope to see the result once it has been investigated.
Ja I agree get in the pit and ask the questions otherwise you will be left non the wiser.

Alignment sounds like the culprit. I would have it set at a good wheel shop (the alignment is only as good as the guy behind the machine), rotate the wheels and keep an eye on that specific tyre in it's new spot and the newly rotated tyre in the old spot (right rear).

Alignment sounds like the culprit. I would have it set at a good wheel shop (the alignment is only as good as the guy behind the machine), rotate the wheels and keep an eye on that specific tyre in it's new spot and the newly rotated tyre in the old spot (right rear).

Yeah, this is pretty common and it’s usually not anything exotic.

If all the others are wearing evenly but one is going faster, the most likely causes are still mechanical rather than “soft tyre batch”. A slightly dragging brake on that corner is the usual suspect, especially if it’s getting more heat or you can smell it after a drive. Wheel alignment can also do it, but that normally affects a pair rather than just one tyre.

Wheel bearing issues or a slightly sticking caliper can also cause extra load on one wheel, which slowly eats the tyre faster.

Tyre manufacturing differences can exist, https://router-19216811.com but in real life it’s rarely enough to explain a noticeable difference unless everything else checks out first.

I’d start with checking brake drag and then alignment before blaming the tyre itself.