Freelander 1 Sawtoothing

RealBeale

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• Oct 27, 2015

• #1

Ok so I'm still getting saw toothing on the nearside front tyre. I replaced the last one even though there was even tread over most of it. I have had tracking , alignment and camber sorted all to no avail. The replacement tyre is alsp wearing heavily on the edge. Any suggestions ? Just to get things straight. I replaced both fronts with the rears and new tyres were fitted to the rears. Grabbers At tyres all round.

 

teddywood1

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• Oct 27, 2015

• #2

are your bushes on suspension ok. usually the "saw" tooth effect appears on the back wheels and lr did a fix for this ,also once a tyre starts to wear you will not stop it,

 

B34R

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• Oct 27, 2015

• #3

Might need to look at the bushes on the rear of the front suspension arms.

They may have gone soft allowing the tracking to drift under acceleration.

 

Nodge68

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• Oct 27, 2015

• #4

My V6 used to sawtooth all the tyres, front and back after a few K's. I gave up looking for the cause and put it down to the tyres that were fitted (Yokahama ATS). I start swapping the tyres from side to side to even out the wear and reduce the drone. I still do this as the car is now used by the mother in law.

 

xpuser8334

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• Oct 27, 2015

• #5

in addition to checking for movement on your front wishbone rear bush, check your suspension legs thoroughly.
check the top and bottom coil on each spring - make sure the end of the spring is "cut straight" and not broken off.
also.... when driving - when it is safe to - see what happens when you accelerate and de-accelerate. - you will be checking to see if the car wants to move from one side of the road to the other - no matter how slight it may feel. - if it does move slightly, this is usually a pointer to a badly worn / soft bush, or a broken spring.

 

RealBeale

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• Oct 27, 2015

• #6

Cheers guys. The wishbone was recently changed with a new rear bush. I'll see how it wears from now on but I seem to recall the same on my V6............