Octavia II Tyre Wear
This is a discussion on Octavia II Tyre Wear within the Octavia II forums, part of the Skoda Model Discussion Area category; Hi Folks Any help advice here would be great. I have a 2.0 TDI Oct II L&K Hatch, first reg ...
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12-05-2008, 20:52
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| Briskodian Join Date: Oct 2007
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|  Octavia II Tyre Wear Hi Folks Any help advice here would be great. I have a 2.0 TDI Oct II L&K Hatch, first reg Oct 2007. It has 225/45 17 Bridgestone RE050 tyres on the correct sputnik (?) alloys. Now covered 11.5K, and fronts are down to 3.0/3.5mm nearside, and 4.0 mm offside. Rears are 5.0/5.5mm n/side and 6.0mm offside. My query is not around the wear vs mileage ( I am a very steady driver - need to be in this age of fuel prices !!) I have found out that the treadwear rating for this partic tyre is 140, which is off the bottom of the scale and means I think that the tyres are very soft in terms of compound.( other internet searches show generally very poor mileage from them, but then they are fitted by VW as well on Golfs) By comparison Dunlops and Contis are around treadwear 220 ish and hence would wear better under same circs (I think) Question is - Why are both the front and rear Nearside tyres more worn than the offside? I am very careful to check pressures accurately every 1-2 weeks. Could this be tracking, but how would that affect the rear tyre(s)? Do I need a four wheel check? Other than this difference n/s vs o/s there is no evidence of scrubbing or uneven wear across the width, other than that the centre portion is a little more worn than the edges. I am now going to swap front to rear to equalise wear and hence replace all four at once , hopefully around 25k ish. Any help much appreciated !! |
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12-05-2008, 21:43
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| Briskodian Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Sheffield
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|  Re: Octavia II Tyre Wear Does your passenger weigh more than you?? Sorry got that one in before someone else did!! ROFL |
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12-05-2008, 21:54
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| Briskodian  Join Date: May 2007 Location: oxon
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| Re: Octavia II Tyre Wear my osf one seems to have worn more than the others. |
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12-05-2008, 21:58
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12-05-2008, 22:21
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Barnsley
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| Re: Octavia II Tyre Wear Its either tyre pressures, tracking or roundabouts. I have a subaru forrester with bridgestones as well as my octy and the nearside front is worn a lot more than then rest. Local tyre guys say its roundabouts and all 4x4s have that issue. My last Subaru, an impreza on Michelins got 48K off the fronts! this forrester is not going to make 30k. I suspect something similar is happening.
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15-05-2008, 21:29
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| Re: Octavia II Tyre Wear Theres some chat about tyre pressures in the superb section http://briskoda.net/forums/superb/ty...6/#post1284114
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15-05-2008, 21:48
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| Re: Octavia II Tyre Wear Pretty sure that's typically caused by roundabouts as noted above. Especially with soft compound tyres. Did you measure across the whole 3/4 width of the tyre? Anyway, there's not much you can do about the rears. There's no adjustment as far as i'm aware, expect for sticking in a shim (crude). Rgs Chris |
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15-05-2008, 21:56
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| Hairy Yeti  Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Newport Pagnell
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| Re: Octavia II Tyre Wear Octy 2 rear axle is fully adjustable for toe and camber.
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15-05-2008, 22:31
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15-05-2008, 23:15
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| Alarmist  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North East Hants
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| Re: Octavia II Tyre Wear Quote:
They should be set to 1.25 degrees which is the revised figures from Skoda themselves. THeir reaon was for tyre noise though.
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16-05-2008, 19:33
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| Briskodian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Dundonald, nr Belfast
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| Re: Octavia II Tyre Wear Was driving a 170PS Octavia today at work. 9650 miles on the clock, front tyres are brand new Goodyear Excellence 205-55/16, rears are Dunlop SP Sport 01. Seems the 170PS eats fronts.
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