Tire shaving to fight premature camber wear?

[Roadkill]

sell x5 and buy jeep with solid rear axle. problem solved. you'll never have even tire wear in the rear with independent suspension and a 5500lb vehicle.

[Fraser]

Originally Posted by dinan e39

you'll never have even tire wear in the rear with independent suspension and a 5500lb vehicle.

My OEM Michelins on my 3.0d were well shagged by the time they were replaced at 55,000km, but still very evenly worn. New Pirellis wearing evenly as well.

[JCL]

Originally Posted by dinan e39

you'll never have even tire wear in the rear with independent suspension and a 5500lb vehicle.

My OEM Michelins had good life left, and very even wear, when I sold the X5 with 70,000 km. Never rotated them, just checked pressure regularly.

[Rockmelon]

the shaving bit will help improve contact with the ground and should work only for solid tyres, i.e. tyres that are completely made of rubber like those used on forklifts and not for pnuematic tyres.

[brwntiger]

I feel your pain repo... I was trying to come up with a solution myself because I just replaced my rears today! My tire guy and I both just shook our heads because the tire had so much meat left on them excluding the inner section (to the wire!). The dealer said there's nothing you can do...that's just how it's set up on the Sport package. The only thing I could come up with is flipping the tire which would be a pain, time wise but it would save having to buy new tires so often. But there's no way I would change the setup...I love how the X handles! Plus I knew what I was getting into from the get go thanks to this forum so no worries!

[PMPNX5]

OP- What did you end up doing? I bought 2 new Diamaris for the rear last summer as one side was down to cords, and now I'm down to cords on the inside of both rears with 7/32nds on outside of both rears.

[FSETH]

Originally Posted by PMPNX5

OP- What did you end up doing? I bought 2 new Diamaris for the rear last summer as one side was down to cords, and now I'm down to cords on the inside of both rears with 7/32nds on outside of both rears.

Diamaris get mixed reviews here. Some people love them and some people don't.

When you get your next set of tires, be sure to get the X aligned by the dealer or a higher end tire shop that knows how to properly align the vehicle. Weights need to be placed inside the vehicle to do the job properly. I had mine aligned by a good shop when I put my original Toyo S/T's on a few years back. Even with the sport package and it's 19" staggered setup, my rears lasted over 40,000+ miles. Sure, inside wear was far worse than the outer edge, but 40,000+ miles for tires on a heavy SUV with negative camber was pretty good, imo. Like others have said, incorrect toe is what seems to wear the tires faster than the camber.

[PMPNX5]

Originally Posted by FSETH

Diamaris get mixed reviews here. Some people love them and some people don't.

When you get your next set of tires, be sure to get the X aligned by the dealer or a higher end tire shop that knows how to properly align the vehicle. Weights need to be placed inside the vehicle to do the job properly. I had mine aligned by a good shop when I put my original Toyo S/T's on a few years back. Even with the sport package and it's 19" staggered setup, my rears lasted over 40,000+ miles. Sure, inside wear was far worse than the outer edge, but 40,000+ miles for tires on a heavy SUV with negative camber was pretty good, imo. Like others have said, incorrect toe is what seems to wear the tires faster than the camber.

Thanks Seth. I've already contacted my buddy who's a BMW dealer tech and he's going to align it when he mounts the new tires. Good looks.

[X5Flyboy]

Had Diamaris on from 36K to 91K (less some 15k snow tire miles) dead even wear on all 4 tires (staggered sport set) - new Latitute HP were just checked at 121K and showed the inside edge wear here discussed. the suggested solution was re-alignment, done by my BMW dealer out here in Idaho. I always try the simplest solution first.

[X5 CPE]

Well, smilies aside, I had the inner rear wear problem (or at least the X5 did) and after 2 sets decided enough was enough.

The car has the sports set up but as we only use it for general commuting and the weekend runaround its simply a matter of adjusting the alignment to suit a more even wear, over fast cornering performance.

The new rears are wearing perfectly evenly and with a little attention to pressures I think they will be in for the long haul.

Simples