Questions & Answers for: Mercedes-Benz tyre wear wheel alignment Cars & Trucks

With the relatively low cost of a 4 wheel professional alignment today, I would not recommend attempting this yourself. Whatever money you save you'll pay triple or more in tire wear, and soon enough

...wear at the rear. How simple is it to find the cause? My local tire dealer here in France has hinted that it is not straightforward to prepare the vehicle for a geometry check. Is there a lot of work ...

...wear on right rear wheel. The car has 65,000 and is running it's 3rd complete set of tires and the right rear is always slick when there is 50% tire tread left on the remaining 3. At best, the right ...

...tyre, this makes the vehicle more camber sensitive. After about 5000 miles the tyres start showing signs of wear with the camber and this becomes exagerated. Try swopping tyres side to side but first ...

...tyre tread by running your hand over to feel for any high or low points. This is an uneven wear pattern caused by worn shock absorbers or struts and usually is felt at speeds over 45 mph. You could ...

wheel? double. As far as needing it, shops will always try to say you need it. I go by how the old tires were wearing. Did it pull left or right? Did the tires wear evenly? Did they wear on the inside

...determins the maximum speed of your car its a safety feature it there for a purpous the cars wheels tyres bearing ect are built to take a certain amount of speed heat wear ect before they fail so say ...

wheel alignment (insufficient toe-in) - worn tie rod ends - loose steering rack end ball joints - loose lug nuts - loose front wheel bearings After checking the first, this is safety critical, so take

...tyre wear of a mercedes A160 20l cdi .wear is on outside left and inside right tyres no matter how often i have tha steering linned You need to have the front end checked for worn parts like ball ...

...wear on other parts pushing the cost of repairs from 'Ouch' to 'Aaaarrrgh!'. The thump may not be the brakes. Does it thump as bad if you do it in reverse? As the vehicle brakes it's entire weight ...