Too much -ve camber?

[dnb]

I need to replace the front tyres on my Griff. The wear pattern is very "one sided" - the inside edge of each tyre is bald and there's still 2mm of tread above the wear limit on the other. (Both tyres were worn evenly)

Is this a sign of too much -ve camber? Or am I going round corners too quickly? ;)

[trackcar]

camber in isolation rarely kills tyres, not having enough toe compensation for the camber you're running does though. tyres don't like being dragged down the road sideways

if you're doing most of your driving at sensible speeds and not hooning around corners like a loon keep to about 3/4 degree negative and 1/4 deg toe in

[David H]

On the contrary, it means you’re going around corners too slowly!

Have you had a geo check recently?

[dnb]

Not all that recently... The geometry was looked at about 8k miles ago. (The front tyres are considerably older than this IIRC)

Yes, I do tend to hoon a bit in the Griff (but only at the limit of what I can see!!) as that's why we bought it...

I'm leaving the geo setup until I get a free weekend to put the remaining poly bushes in. The fact that the wear is the same across both tyres indicates to me that the geo hasn't been knocked off...

Less camber would make sense given the wear pattern. I'll measure what it is now, and have a bit taken off when the new tyres go on. I don't want to lose front end grip round corners, as the car is fairly well balanced as it is now.

[Mutant Rat]

I'd check the toe-in as well as the negative camber, if I were you - enough negative camber to cause tyre problems is usually immediately obvious to the naked eye.

Excessive toe-in will cause similar wear pattern on the tyre.

[spend]

Thirded (toe-in) particularly in mind it has been known for some cars to be set up parallel IIRC from historic posts. But i'm firmly in the plenty camber + plenty toe brigade....

Dave