Uneven tyre wear - Renault Modus

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Wed 10 Jan 2007 12:49
Uneven tyre wear - Renault Modus - csgmart
The outer edge of the L/H front tyre on SWMBO's Renault Modus is wearing down quite badly.

Her brother [my brother in law] swears this is being caused by the power steering and not bad alignment. He has worked for a local tyre fitting firm for 22 years as a tyre fitter so he does have some [relevant] experience on this matter - in my opinion. Apparantly the power steering can cause more 'aggressive' wear than a car without p/s on turns.

He has even checked the alignment [not using laser equipment though] and it is within tolerance.

Question - should I pay to get a 'proper' laser alignment check done? If so what can I expect to pay? Any recommendations - I live in Bristol and work near Swindon.

As new tyres are £80 a pop [fitted] I don't want to pay for a new tyre only to fnd that in a few thousand miles the wear is back again.

Tyres have done 19000 miles and have few thousand left in them - but not if the edge wear is allowed to continue.

Also would having an alignment check be better with new or old tyres fitted? Does it make any difference?



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Wed 10 Jan 2007 12:53
Uneven tyre wear - Collos25
Your brother in law may be correct but you cannot track modern cars without a full laser system,I would have it done before you fit a set of new tyres and put your mind at rest.
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Wed 10 Jan 2007 14:49
Uneven tyre wear - Renault Modus - piston power
19000mls is not bad going i wish mine did that!!! maybe the way i drive!, id go with the brother in law all my cars with pas did have some wear to the outer edge and the tracking was within limits.
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Wed 10 Jan 2007 14:58
Uneven tyre wear - Renault Modus - csgmart
Funny thing is though it's only really bad on the passenger side. Driver's side is wearing but much less so.
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Wed 10 Jan 2007 16:03
Uneven tyre wear - Renault Modus - doctorchris
I think part of this is due to roundabouts. If you go around these quite a bit you do many more right than left turns putting greater wear onto the outer aspect of the passenger side tyre.
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Wed 10 Jan 2007 16:50
Uneven tyre wear - Renault Modus - Dynamic Dave
I think part of this is due to roundabouts.


And being in the verge all the time with the potholes, drain covers and the like.
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