Passat rear tyre wear inside edge

Passat rear tyre wear inside edge

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Alexxtreme

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47 posts

150 months

Wednesday 22nd February 2017
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I have a b7 ('11) Passat estate with around 82k miles which is the family work horse and I am seeing extreme wear on the inside edge of the tyres - down to below 2mm with the outside still at 4mm. Also there wavyness / ridges on the inside which creates a drumming noise on the m'way...
I am about to fit new tyres - is there anything I can do to stop this happening?
My first thought was planning to run at the higher pressures - 42psi.
Are the shocks knackered - if so how much are they to replace?
Or is the suspension joints (it passed the MOT not long ago)?

GreenV8S

30,149 posts

283 months

Wednesday 22nd February 2017
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Alexxtreme said:
I have a b7 ('11) Passat estate with around 82k miles which is the family work horse and I am seeing extreme wear on the inside edge of the tyres - down to below 2mm with the outside still at 4mm. Also there wavyness / ridges on the inside which creates a drumming noise on the m'way...
I am about to fit new tyres - is there anything I can do to stop this happening?
My first thought was planning to run at the higher pressures - 42psi.
Are the shocks knackered - if so how much are they to replace?
Or is the suspension joints (it passed the MOT not long ago)?
Have you checked the alignment on the affected wheel(s)? If not, that would seem s sensible first step.

Alexxtreme

Original Poster:

47 posts

150 months

Thursday 23rd February 2017
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although the issue is slight at the front, the backs are considerably worse and symmetric on each wheel. Is it possible to adjust the alignment on these cars? one thing is the un-even wear but the ridges / wavyness of the wear that shocked me!