Dad's 166 is munching front tyres
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Hi,
I'm hoping one of the friendly souls in the Alfa forums can help.
My Dad has a 166 2.5 v6 - he came to visit today - I inspected the car (like you do) & imediately marched him & it off to the tyre place as the OS/F tyre had worn down to the canvass around the edge of the inside shoulder
It's quite a high mileage example (126k), but the tracking is spot on (we had them check that first) - the NS/F tyre was also 'feathered' on the inside shoulder - but fortunately we've caught that side early.
I gather that it is likely to be worn suspension bushings causing the wear? Can anyone advise if it is a common fault on the 166 & how easy it is to put right (I'm assuming at teh very least it will mean putting new bushings in - but don't know what that involves on a 166!).
Other than the extreme tyre wear it is an awesome car!
I'm hoping one of the friendly souls in the Alfa forums can help.
My Dad has a 166 2.5 v6 - he came to visit today - I inspected the car (like you do) & imediately marched him & it off to the tyre place as the OS/F tyre had worn down to the canvass around the edge of the inside shoulder
It's quite a high mileage example (126k), but the tracking is spot on (we had them check that first) - the NS/F tyre was also 'feathered' on the inside shoulder - but fortunately we've caught that side early.
I gather that it is likely to be worn suspension bushings causing the wear? Can anyone advise if it is a common fault on the 166 & how easy it is to put right (I'm assuming at teh very least it will mean putting new bushings in - but don't know what that involves on a 166!).
Other than the extreme tyre wear it is an awesome car!
Thanks folks,
& that's definitely part of the appeal.
The tyre place reckoned the tracking was spot-on & needed no adjustment - so a call in to the place with the laser guided rig is on the card me thinks!
>> Edited by gregmund on Thursday 19th May 18:49
>> Edited by gregmund on Thursday 19th May 18:50
pwig said:
There are very few 'common faults' on 166's as they are not common enough to have common faults! 
& that's definitely part of the appeal. The tyre place reckoned the tracking was spot-on & needed no adjustment - so a call in to the place with the laser guided rig is on the card me thinks!
>> Edited by gregmund on Thursday 19th May 18:49
>> Edited by gregmund on Thursday 19th May 18:50
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