Rear tyres 'feathering' on outside edges
Discussion
Hi guys
I've had my accord since last September. And when I bought it, it had 4 different brands of tyre all round. All of which had uneven wear patterns.
When I put the winters on I junked the 4 summers and had 4 new Goodyear tyres fitted. At the same time I had a full 4 wheel alignment on a hunter hawkeye carried out. A few adjustments were made and everything was bought into tolerance.
The chap at the time suggested that the fronts were quite a way out and he suspected both sets of tyres had been at the front at some point, hence the outside edges wearing on them all.
Fast forward 15k miles and the mot man advised one of my rear ARB bushes has slight play. I got hold of a pair of bushes from Honda and two new ARB drop links from a local parts supplier (whilst picking up other bits).
Upon getting the car to bits I offered up the new drop links against the old ones to find they were about 80% of the length of the old ones. So I left alone to tackle another time.
At the same time I have also noticed that the rear tyres are ever so slightly starting the feather the outside edges again! On both rears. The front are perfectly fine.
So, I guess my questions are two fold:
Could the new shorter links be some kind of updated part to help with a known tyre wear issue, or should they always be the same?
What else could be causing the issue, given that the alignment is coming out near-perfect?!
I've had my accord since last September. And when I bought it, it had 4 different brands of tyre all round. All of which had uneven wear patterns.
When I put the winters on I junked the 4 summers and had 4 new Goodyear tyres fitted. At the same time I had a full 4 wheel alignment on a hunter hawkeye carried out. A few adjustments were made and everything was bought into tolerance.
The chap at the time suggested that the fronts were quite a way out and he suspected both sets of tyres had been at the front at some point, hence the outside edges wearing on them all.
Fast forward 15k miles and the mot man advised one of my rear ARB bushes has slight play. I got hold of a pair of bushes from Honda and two new ARB drop links from a local parts supplier (whilst picking up other bits).
Upon getting the car to bits I offered up the new drop links against the old ones to find they were about 80% of the length of the old ones. So I left alone to tackle another time.
At the same time I have also noticed that the rear tyres are ever so slightly starting the feather the outside edges again! On both rears. The front are perfectly fine.
So, I guess my questions are two fold:
Could the new shorter links be some kind of updated part to help with a known tyre wear issue, or should they always be the same?
What else could be causing the issue, given that the alignment is coming out near-perfect?!
Ecosseven said:
eltax91 said:
I'm running 34-36 psi on 205/55/16 tyres on the rear? Isn't that about right?
Sounds a little high. I have a mk3 mondeo with the same size tyres and the owners manual says 33 front, 30 rear. Do you have the owners handbook to check what Honda receommend?You dont say how old/what miles the car had when you bought it. How do you know the drop links on now are correct?
Sounds like a big difference in size.
Are there different links for diff specs of car? are the short ones for a sport model?
I'd buy some from the main dealer.
iirc there is a dealer that does a discount parts scheme for members of honda forums. check the accord forums.
Sounds like a big difference in size.
Are there different links for diff specs of car? are the short ones for a sport model?
I'd buy some from the main dealer.
iirc there is a dealer that does a discount parts scheme for members of honda forums. check the accord forums.
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