What would cause my back 2 tires to go bald faster than the fronts?
10-06-2007, 08:54 AM
#1
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What would cause my back 2 tires to go bald faster than the fronts?
A few months back I posted that my allroad felt "loose and sloppy" in the rear end. My dealer fixed my tranny last October and in doing so drops the subframe to work on it. Afterwards they did need to do a 4 wheel alignment to get it back into spec.
I took my car in this last spring/summer with my concerns, they checked it out and said all was o.k. and that the alignment was done properly and was still in alignment. I originally thought the looseness to the car was due to the Nokian Hakka's I had put on right after the tranny work.......they are pretty soft and thought it was causing this sensation I was having.
Anyways, after I put on my summer tires this last spring I realized that it was not the softer Nokians. Fast forward to today, my back 2 tires are toast and I still have about 30-35% in the fronts. I always rotate the tires and when I put on my summer set-up in May, all 4 tires were evenly wearing.
Does anyone have a suggestion on how to approach my problem? maybe take it to an Indy shop and have them look at the alignment before going back to the dealer. I am not a mechanic but my thought is my allroad was not put back into spec after the tranny work.
TIA
I took my car in this last spring/summer with my concerns, they checked it out and said all was o.k. and that the alignment was done properly and was still in alignment. I originally thought the looseness to the car was due to the Nokian Hakka's I had put on right after the tranny work.......they are pretty soft and thought it was causing this sensation I was having.
Anyways, after I put on my summer tires this last spring I realized that it was not the softer Nokians. Fast forward to today, my back 2 tires are toast and I still have about 30-35% in the fronts. I always rotate the tires and when I put on my summer set-up in May, all 4 tires were evenly wearing.
Does anyone have a suggestion on how to approach my problem? maybe take it to an Indy shop and have them look at the alignment before going back to the dealer. I am not a mechanic but my thought is my allroad was not put back into spec after the tranny work.
TIA
10-06-2007, 09:57 AM
#3
Same thing happened to me. Pulled the engine and installed without re-alignment. Rear tires wore
significantly in 500 miles. I took it back and they properly aligned the car and the tires are wearing great now. The rear end sloppiness was gone. I would take it to another dealer. Unfortunately an Audi dealer can only properly align the car after an engine swap.
