Tire wear.

BCbud · May 03, 2010, 01:00:48 AM

Good day!

I am getting some unusual front tire wear on my T1FK04. The tires are the new sorex on jaco rims that the club just did a buy on. In the pictures you can see a grove thet is developing on the insed of the surface. I can't see any rubbing on the body. This is happening on bothe the left and right sid but a little more on the right. There is a totle of 6 races on these tires. Any ideas?

Thanks Neil.

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Shawn68z · May 03, 2010, 01:21:39 AM

In wonder if the insert has shifted on the inside of the wheel? Also, how much camber are you running? Is the problem only on the front tires?

Shawn.

jarrodH · May 03, 2010, 01:33:06 AM

mine have done that in the past too.. i think its just how the tires "roll over" in the corners.. but i could be mistakein..

BCbud · May 03, 2010, 01:34:23 AM

Only the fronts and 1* on front and .5* on back.

Falcon · May 03, 2010, 01:03:04 PM

I know that after a while of running the tire you get that look, but not until the tires are really used. I think that shawn has a point about the camber you have set up in your car.

BCbud · May 04, 2010, 12:52:11 PM

OK, more or less than 1* camber?

Matt S · May 04, 2010, 03:42:47 PM

how much toe out do you have on the car?

BCbud · May 04, 2010, 04:11:21 PM

Quote from: mastahracahtc3 on May 04, 2010, 03:42:47 PM
how much toe out do you have on the car?

1.5* toe out.

gotnitro · May 04, 2010, 04:50:18 PM

is that total or per side in the front wheels.

BCbud · May 04, 2010, 06:24:34 PM

That would be per side. I have also posted this question on RC-Tec and the answer ther is "this is normal" exept one person said it could have somthing to do with the insert ie: shape, positton on the rim, square or round corners, hardness, short or tall etc. I have not seen this befor and was a bit shocked to see my new tires with this groove in them.

BCbud · May 04, 2010, 06:32:55 PM

Here is a link to the RC-Tec thread.

http://www.rctech.net/forum/electric-road/395401-unusual-front-tire-wear.html

Tom · May 05, 2010, 03:30:56 PM

Toe is not the culprit here.

Camber will play a role; you should stand your tires up more before putting a new set on. However, I would suspect the real problem lies in the inserts, which is beyond your control as you bought the wheels completely assembled.

BCbud · May 07, 2010, 02:33:26 PM

Thanks for the input. I will change the camber to .5* and run the tires untill they shred.

wew · July 08, 2010, 03:21:29 AM

Quote from: BCbud on May 03, 2010, 01:00:48 AM
unusual front tire wear on my T1FK04.

My TC-4 showed exactly same tire wear from the June 20th race. First time out in a few years. It must be inserts and old tires(mine 3-5 years old).

New tires ran last 2 races without any camber adjustments and without unusual tire wear, everything normal.