hi all,

after picking my car up it needed new tyres on the back and i had them replaced, after a month of them being on, they was f**ked! i did just over 2000miles with them some of them being motor way mileage, most of them being town driving

with that in mind, there is something very wrong with the back end of my car! what are the 1st things i need to look at?

 

Could be that it has the wrong diff fitted? Or binding rear brakes? Was the wear even?

 

Ceck your camber and geometry setup.

 

the wear is even, they was like racing track tyres on the back :-0

i think there is something wrong with the rear shocks as seem ruff and loud when going over pot holes

 

What car have you got mate and what year

 

its a scooby classic wagon wrx, 1995

 

Any idea when the suspension was changed, if it has been. I know the OEM shocks last about 5 years before giving up.

 

Worth having a look at the gearbox code, its easy to read on the side of the gearbox.

 

Rear bushes?
ARB etc

Tony

 

What tyres did you replace the old ones with, what brand?

 

Where about in brum are you mate. Oh and jump on the WMI section.

 

not a clue mate, i think they are passed it tho as when you go over a pot hole, it feels ruff/hard and bangs, also back end seems to wobble abit

south birmingham mate

 

sure these new ones i had on was michelin mate

 

Your shocks should last 100k+, I would be checking your rear bushes if you have that much movement at the back end, something isnt right.

Tony

 

rear trailing arm bushes 1st?

 

If there was something worn then surely he would be experiencing uneven tyre wear but he says the wear is even?

 

the tyre wear was even, here is a pic of the pas side tyre before having the rears replaced, it seems that the new set i had on before xmas is going the same way

 

Something very wrong there mate.
Things i'd be checking are:

All suspension components, leaking shocks etc

All rubber bushes for signs of wear/splits

Anti roll bar fixings/mounts

Wheel bearings/track rods

Finally after looking at all these things, if they seem ok then a 4 wheel alignment & geo check / adjustment.

Should keep you busy for a while.

 

Just down the road from me then lol.

Yeah you are right on the classics its about that much but on the new ages it is sooner.

It might be worth just taking the wheels off and putting them back on and tightening them like recommeneded in the manual. I remeber when I had some tyres put on they messed it up and caused me to have a blow out on the dual carrige way.

Other then that I'm all out of ideas.

 

well after fitting my front mount saturday, sunday i'm going to have a poke around the rear under the car and see what i can find