Octavia eating tyres

[Bryan]

Went to get two new front tyres on the Octavia today only to be told that my two rear tyres which look fine from the outside are totally bald on the inside. Wasn't impressed.

My car carries around 60-70+kg of weight in the boot all the time. Surely it should be able to handle this?

Looking at the rear suspension there doesn't seem to be any way to adjust it.

Is this a common problem? Any recommendations on where to take it to get checked out? I need to get it sorted ASAP because I do big miles in it and don't want to be forking out £400 odd again for a set of rubber.

 

[brendy]

My old VRS went through tyres every 6k or so, when it went in for its third set of fronts, the rears were shagged, as you say, on the insides. The last 2-3 inches on the inside were totally smooth and worn in. Enthusiastic driving and abrasive surfaces dont help.

 

[Bryan]

I had done about 14k with them on - all 4 fitted last October. Dunlops on the front and Hancook's on the rear.

The tyre place couldn't believe how bad they were today though - they were seriously dangerous.

I know I need to get a new shock on the back but that couldn't effect both tyres that badly??

 

[brendy]

Both rears of mine were completely goosed fella, they were mirror images of each other.

Give this a read,
REAR TYRE WEAR ON OCTAVIA SCOUT - BRISKODA.net - The Skoda Forum and Community
and follow the link also, seems the octavia isnt the only model to suffer.

 

[mikey]

My old Ibiza FR done exactly the same thing and there was no obvious explanation to why she was doing it...

 

[Coog]

Take it that it's independant rear suspension? If so that's your problem.

 

[AMG]

My Leon would do the same, 4 wheel alignment at regular intervals seems to be the only way to keep on top of it, but thats £35 a touch can get expensive too!!

 

[miniator]

Take it that it's independant rear suspension? If so that's your problem.

agree with that coog here. if your carrying that amount of weight all the time the the angle of the rear camber is going to be noticeable.

for example, the angle my omega's rear camber was at after lowering 40mm was quite extreme althought they never lasted long enough to wear as bad as your describing. effectively, your doing the same thing only with excess weight!

 

[_ZS_]

Common enough - solution is to get the rear camber sorted with the weight in the car.

 

[Daviddunlop83]

Agree with ZS. Get the wheel alignment/camber sorted with car fully loaded and then there shouldnt be an issue.

My rear tires on my mondeo did at least 40k and they werent even illegal but getting close so i changed all 4 last month. Prob could have got another 5k out of them easily and its lowered

 

[Bryan]

The tyre place said they couldn't align it with the weight in the boot because it has to be sitting level or some nonsense.

 

[Daviddunlop83]

The tyre place said they couldn't align it with the weight in the boot because it has to be sitting level or some nonsense.

Take it to central tyres. They seem to be good and set it up however you want.

 

[Coog]

Upgrade the springs? Estate ones might be beefier or you can get spring spacers in places like the LPG Caravan store. I bought some for a Vitara on eBay and made them fit my Vento. Great job too.

 

[Bazmcc]

The tyre place said they couldn't align it with the weight in the boot because it has to be sitting level or some nonsense.

I've never seen an aligment place checking the boot to see what weight is in the car yet. 60 - 70kgs isn't even that much. It's about the weight of a dead hooker + a couple of spades.

 

[_ZS_]

The tyre place said they couldn't align it with the weight in the boot because it has to be sitting level or some nonsense.

It is nonsense. Try a different tyre place. Central as suggested will do it no problems.

 

[steenson]

I've never seen an aligment place checking the boot to see what weight is in the car yet. 60 - 70kgs isn't even that much. It's about the weight of a dead hooker + a couple of spades.

i like this comment! are you guessing or speaking from experience?

 

[Bazmcc]

She was in there when I bought the car......