Inner Rear Tire Wear?

[Joker]

OK so I just got my car up on a hoist for the first time in a while and found that the right rear tire had a tonn of wear on the inside of the tire. All three other tires were perfect. Everything feels really solid back there. I cant move it by hand at all. I have noticed that when I go over speed bumps I can hear one of the rear coilovers make a leaky hissy sound. Pretty sure it's on the same wheel. Also you can see the tire is visibly angled.

Do bad coilovers = inner tire wear?

[specialedition]

suspension is most likely faulty another guess is perhaps you have something bent? just a thought

[mcfly]

if one shock is dead more load will be hitting that corner every bump. with the more load = more camber as it is compressed = more tire wear on inside.

figure out if the coilover is good, then get an alignment.
the rear diff could also be tired

[Joker]

I'm hoping it's the suspention, it's pretty old stuff. Any good way to test it out without taking it off the car? I figure if it was the diff it would be the whole tire would it not?

I was thinking Tein Flex? Thoughts?

[mcfly]

how much camber do you have?

[assass1n]

the easiest way to test it. is to push down on each corner of the car with a lot of force. if that one corner bounces or flex's more than the other it could be blown.

[Joker]

how much camber do you have?

Not really sure, everything is stock under there except the Tein coil overs. Car is lowered quote a bit but I only have the problem on the one wheel.

I kinda thought the spring would have to be dead to cause problems. would a blown shock cause it?

[superdaveosbourne]

Although camber will wear your tires from the inside out, toe is your worst enemy. If something is bent and you're running toe-out on that tire it'll wear a lot faster than just camber. I have rubber on my car that has over 13 000 km on it (couple track days on them too) with a lowered car, no visible camber wear on them at all...

[Joker]

Yea but the camber is visable by looking at it. Checked everything under the car and it all appears to be good. Might make an appointment for a wheel alignment and see if they can tell me for sure what the problem is before I drop 2k on suspention...

[Rollie]

Jason its your strut lol forsure, don't waste money on an anlignment. Mcfly is totally right blown strut = more camber on that corner

I got my new tires today

[Joker]

I know who to call when I need a new pair to fix my rubbed one :P

[mcfly]

search maybe
many companies will rebuild their coil overs

[FarShark]

Hey Folks, resurrecting an old thread.
I am experiencing the same issue, however I have inner tire wear on all four, and much much more on the rears there is a lot of wear.... and nothing seems bent.
I have HKS DRAG on all four corners.
I am going to be replacing these tires so I really want to solve this before I get them.
Any advice?

[Rollie]

Alignment will tell you lots

[GTRADDICT]

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