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Tyre wear

bargainhunter12_2
bargainhunter12_2 Posts: 91 Forumite
in Motoring
I've just noticed that my rear right tyre has almost completely worn.

All 4 tyres were fitted about 15 months ago and I've done under 10k miles.

The tread on the other 3 is healthy.

Is something unbalanced?

If anyone has any ideas what's causing it I'd be very grateful. Thank you
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  • KTF
    KTF Posts: 4,827 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Have you checked the tracking?
  • anotherbaldrick
    anotherbaldrick Posts: 2,335 Forumite
    KTF wrote: »
    Have you checked the tracking?
    worn where ? left side, right side or even all across ?
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  • globalds
    globalds Posts: 9,431 Forumite
    what type of car ?
  • brownie4583
    brownie4583 Posts: 105 Forumite
    They should all wear pretty much evenly if everthing is ok.
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  • Parva
    Parva Posts: 1,104 Forumite
    brownie4583 wrote: »
    They should all wear pretty much evenly if everthing is ok.
    Apart from earning a brownie for stating what most people would call obvious that's not strictly true. :) Front wheel drive cars (most are FWD these days) wear the front tyres at a much faster rate than the rear tyres, how much faster depends on the car and the driving style.
  • [Deleted User]
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    I would also be checking for a seized brake caliper.
  • Notmyrealname
    Notmyrealname Posts: 4,003 Forumite
    Why has the OP not noticed at any point in the last few thousand miles? I guess this is the first time in 10,000 miles he's looked at them. This demonstrates the values of weekly checks. The abnormal wear would have been caught earlier before it got to the point the tyre needed replacing.
  • Wig
    Wig Posts: 14,139 Forumite
    edited 28 December 2011 at 11:13AM
    IMHO,
    You will need them to check the alignment of the rear wheels.

    Have you had a bump? Got non standard suspension?

    Or as the other guy says, check rear brakes, jack up both rears at the same time, release the handbrake check tyre spinning and then go up the hand brake 1 click at a time checking both sides for tyre spinning resistance on each click of the handbrake and see what happens.
  • bargainhunter12_2
    bargainhunter12_2 Posts: 91 Forumite
    anotherbaldrick wrote: »
    worn where ? left side, right side or even all across ?

    Its all across.

    I did have the rear brake pads replaced about 6 months ago so perhaps this might have something to do with it?

    If say they weren't fitted correctly should the garage offer something towards the cost of a new tyre do you think?
  • bargainhunter12_2
    bargainhunter12_2 Posts: 91 Forumite
    jase1 wrote: »
    Someone changed the tyre out for the spare whilst in the garage for some reason?

    No that wouldn't have happened as the spare tyre is a different make to the other 4.
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