Freelander 1 Front tyre wear nearside edge on both?

Bife · Mar 6, 2023

Hi!
I have excessive front tyre wear, but it is on the nearside edge on both
That is (on my LHD in Portugal) its on the right hand (of the vehicle) side of both front tyres
Maybe I am going around roundabouts (anticlockwise here) too fast?

I know toe out/in gives inner/outer edge wear, but this is not that

Any ideas?
Vertical alignments?
Bushes?
Is this a known thing?

Cheers

Nodge68 · Mar 6, 2023

Normally cornering too fast will wear the same side of both front tyres.

Western Slope Rover · Mar 6, 2023

How do you know that it isn't due excessive toe in? Have you checked the alignment?

kernowsvenski · Mar 6, 2023

I had a worn ball joint which was causing both edges of my fronts to wear. Low tyre pressure will do it too

Bife · Mar 7, 2023

@Nodge - perhaps that's it, although I have left my Essex roots a long way behind, with my youth, so am not that bad

. I will check if the nearside tyre has more wear on the nearside edge than the offside tyre has on its nearside edge - I think tht should be the case if cornering is to blame as the nearside tyre will be more highly loaded? Question mark indicating I am not sure - what do people think?

@Western Slope Rover - Yes, I had the tracking checked, but a while ago, I will get it done again. I have always understood that toe in will give scrubbing of outer edges on both sides, which physically makes sense to me - but can toe in give wear only on the RHS of each front tyre too?

@kernowsvenski - Its not both edges of either tyre - its the RHS edge of both. Tyre pressures are good too

I will get my vertical alignment and tracking checked, but like to be informed before getting any such results down here (a quarter of a century down here has shown me things are not as reliable as up North)

On that note, does anyone know the correct toe-in/out and vertical camber values for a 2001 Td4 FL?

kermit_rr · Mar 7, 2023

Worth checking tyre pressure too

andyfreelandy · Mar 7, 2023

Here you go. From Haynes.

I set my tracking to parallel which is within spec and reduces tyre edge wear I find.
https://linksharing.samsungcloud.com/7y2LueAV5ES8

Bife · Mar 7, 2023

andyfreelandy said:
Here you go. From Haynes.

I set my tracking to parallel which is within spec and reduces tyre edge wear I find.
https://linksharing.samsungcloud.com/7y2LueAV5ES8

Cheers!

kermit_rr said:
Worth checking tyre pressure too

They are back to original LR figures arent they?
(I seem to remember they adjusted their advised values then went back to original ones?)

kermit_rr · Mar 7, 2023

i dont know what they should be, but a soft tyre will distort/roll more on corners

Bife · Mar 7, 2023

turns out I actually have the Haynes Manual, that I had forgotten about, ooops

In there it says 1.8 bar / 26 psi front and back before 2003 up to 4 passengers (which fits my use)

But this random Google find says,

"The recommended tyre pressure for the Freelander 1 was initially 32 PSI (2.21 bar). This was later reduced to 26 PSI (1.8 bar). However, at 26 PSI (1.8 bar) it was found that the tyres were wearing unevenly and their recommendation reverted back to 32 PSI (2.21 bar). What is possibly more important with the Freelander 1 is for all four tyres to be at the same pressure and generally a pressure around 30 PSI (2.1 bar) is satisfactory for most conditions."

I am going to go back to 30 or 32 (2.1 or 2.2) as she does feel a bit sloppy on the Roundabouts

Also, I historically ran Mondo Mode (no prop as VCU solid) - could this have had an influence?

Nodge68 · Mar 7, 2023

Bife said:
I am going to go back to 30 or 32 (2.2 or 2.2) as she does feel a bit sloppy on the Roundabouts

There was an update to tyre pressure, which went from 26 to 30 PSI, this applied to all models.
I ran mine at 31 PSI, which was a good compromise between wear, comfort, handling and economy.

Bife · Mar 7, 2023

Nodge68 said:
There was an update to tyre pressure, which went from 26 to 30 PSI, this applied to all models.
I ran mine at 31 PSI, which was a good compromise between wear, comfort, handling and economy.

I'm going to try that
Cheers

kernowsvenski · Mar 7, 2023

Bife said:
@kernowsvenski - Its not both edges of either tyre - its the RHS edge of both. Tyre pressures are good too

Apologies. I miss read your post.

Bife · Mar 7, 2023

kernowsvenski said:
Apologies. I miss read your post.

I'll forgive you
But only because your avatar is so cool

But it could be that you had something with the tyre pressures

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