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Old 03-04-2010, 12:34 PM
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my st170 is on its 2nd n/s/f tyre in 3000 miles its wearing evenly across the tread pattern but stupidly quickly, checked drop links etc all the usual stuff looks ok, alignment spot on, could this maybe be a slightly bent strut or something, the o/s tyre is in good nik after 9000 miles

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Old 03-04-2010, 02:41 PM
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do you do a lot of wheel spining?
Old 03-04-2010, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr Bull Shitter
my st170 is on its 2nd n/s/f tyre in 3000 miles its wearing evenly across the tread pattern but stupidly quickly, checked drop links etc all the usual stuff looks ok, alignment spot on, could this maybe be a slightly bent strut or something, the o/s tyre is in good nik after 9000 miles
Tracking been done after the crash?
Old 03-04-2010, 08:18 PM
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Old 03-04-2010, 08:25 PM
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If the strut was bent the laser tracking would have flagged it up.... Shock ok?
Old 03-04-2010, 08:57 PM
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Surely if you knew more than a diagnostics machine , you must have a good idea what causes excessive tyre wear being as advanced a mechanic as you claim to be
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Old 03-04-2010, 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Captain500rs
Surely if you knew more than a diagnostics machine , you must have a good idea what causes excessive tyre wear being as advanced a mechanic as you claim to be
Classic.
Old 03-04-2010, 09:01 PM
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mozzy, are you for real man? last night you were the man on anything mechanical, tonight you know nowt, which is it?
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maybe youre n/s/f guns colossal weight is wearing out that side of youre car?
Old 03-04-2010, 09:06 PM
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TBH, i would go down to the pub with ur dad, like you did when you were 14, get rat arsed, then pull some bird way older than you, claim your a hooker and get her 2 give you Ł45 ( or how ever much it was ) then shag her, that will take your mind off it
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btw, is the tyre flat lol?
Old 03-04-2010, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by speedy-tom
btw, is the tyre flat lol?
Only at the bottom
Old 03-04-2010, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by wirralphil
Only at the bottom
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The n/s/f wheel is likely to wheel spin shaft more than the o/s/f. It has a shorter drive shaft, therefore gets more drive. Less acceleration in lower gears could work. Even if you have LSD gearbox, it can do it.
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You got top camber plates Mozzy?
Could be worth it because you got Eibachs on the car have you not?
Was the tracking checked and set properly? Remember ST170 are tracked different from the rest....

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Old 03-04-2010, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Carl666
The n/s/f wheel is likely to wheel spin shaft more than the o/s/f. It has a shorter drive shaft, therefore gets more drive. Less acceleration in lower gears could work. Even if you have LSD gearbox, it can do it.
st170's have equal length drive shafts albeit one does connect to a shaft before it goes to the box but this is designed to lessen that effect
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Originally Posted by Stevie-Boy
You got top camber plates Mozzy?
Could be worth it because you got Eibachs on the car have you not?
Was the tracking checked and set properly? Remember ST170 are tracked different from the rest....
He will tell you it's been tracked by his snapon beating brain.

He had a crash and had a space saver on that wheel so i'd say it needs setting. Best get the tape measure out mozzy.

In fact fuck that use your snap on beating lazer eye tracking you have
Old 04-04-2010, 08:30 AM
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your super mechanic why are you asking us you should know
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Originally Posted by wirralphil
He will tell you it's been tracked by his snapon beating brain.

He had a crash and had a space saver on that wheel so i'd say it needs setting. Best get the tape measure out mozzy.

In fact fuck that use your snap on beating lazer eye tracking you have
hahahahahahardyfuckingha, the space saver was just for the puncture, nothing to do with the bump
Old 04-04-2010, 08:40 AM
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do you own a st170 or escort cosworth looking at your threads i cant figure out which or what you have
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could be the flux capacitor maybe
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FPMSL look at some of the tags.itd be so much better if you could see who wrote them some are top class!!
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Mozzy are you fat?
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