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The other day I noticed that the passenger side front tyre had gone rather flat, so I pumped it up to 33psi. The next day it was back down to ~28psi so I presumed I had a nail or something in the tyre.
Put it in to get it checked but they couldnt find a nail or anything like that, instead they told me there was excessive wear at the back of the tyre near the suspension and it looked as if something has been rubbing (a lot) on the tyre.
I wasnt really convinced, i thought he was just trying to get me to buy new tyres so i went to have a look.
Here's what i saw:
It's not very clear in the pictures but it's worn down about half a cm below the rest of the tyre all the way round. The mechanic said he recons the car has had a broken spring that's been replaced and that's the only way he could see this happening. The suspension all looks fine and there's no obvious indications of anything rubbing other than the wear on the tyre.
I had the wheels off about a month after I got the car and I dont recall this being there which I'm quite sure I would have noticed.
Anyone seen anything like this or know what might have caused it? Going to need new tyres on the front now but I really dont want this happening to the new set!
Put it in to get it checked but they couldnt find a nail or anything like that, instead they told me there was excessive wear at the back of the tyre near the suspension and it looked as if something has been rubbing (a lot) on the tyre.
I wasnt really convinced, i thought he was just trying to get me to buy new tyres so i went to have a look.
Here's what i saw:




It's not very clear in the pictures but it's worn down about half a cm below the rest of the tyre all the way round. The mechanic said he recons the car has had a broken spring that's been replaced and that's the only way he could see this happening. The suspension all looks fine and there's no obvious indications of anything rubbing other than the wear on the tyre.
I had the wheels off about a month after I got the car and I dont recall this being there which I'm quite sure I would have noticed.
Anyone seen anything like this or know what might have caused it? Going to need new tyres on the front now but I really dont want this happening to the new set!