[quote="Nick73"]
After moaning a few weeks ago that the X handled like a wheely bin in the wet, I found out why on the way home last week. Rear passenger tyre blow out on the M74. subsequent analysis indicates my rear set up is shot
It seems common that the insides of the tyres wear more quickly and in this case the insides has worn right though,
Clearly this all needs fixing before the winter rubber goes on. Im guessing there is way to much camber but why there is way too much is anybody's guess. In my defence I only checked the tread on them about 2k miles ago and don't recall hitting a curb or pot-hole since then???
Anyway will any decent tyre place know the correct set up for the X (i.e. more than just the standard tracking stuff) or should it go to a BMW indy??
Oh, and whoever said n the bad handling may not be the tyres and I shouldn't assume the suspension/set up was all tip top was dead right!!
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I’m a bit puzzled (and worried) by your post on this. You start by saying you'd been moaning a few weeks ago about bad handling in the wet, but that post wasn't a few weeks ago it was only 12 days ago on October 18. In it you mention shoulder wear on the front but you don’t (initially at least) specifically mention any issues with the rears. You then go on to say in this thread that you had this problem last week so that would only be at the most a week after your initial post.
Leaving aside the inner wear which is both my opinion and experience on my own car is down to four wheel alignment (not every tyre dealer can do four wheel alignment), how could you not have noticed such excessive wear when you checked the tyres for your previous post.
You mention needing a rim welded. Not sure what has caused that as they don't just fail all by themselves so would assume it some kerbing or potholing which also would not have helped tyre integrity.
You also mention you checked the tread 2k ago - was that a visual check (in which case may I suggest a trip to Spec Savers - although other opticians are available) as this level of wear did not go from fine and legal to this in 2000 miles. You also indicate motorway driving so again I would not excessive long motor way trips to wear out the tyre so badly (although long trip will soon eat the inner edge if the tracking is out), or did you use a tread depth gauge in which case would you care to share with the group what the reading was - I cannot envisage it being anywhere near legal to that level of wear within 2k.
What worries me further is that in your original post 12 days ago AW8 advised you check the inners of thee rears. You responded saying the driver side had ‘very little wear’ and the passenger side “seems fine has some wear but not significant”
How could you possibly not have seen this level of wear two weeks ago?
If you think having checked them (assuming you actually did it) that this tyre was ‘fine’ or had little wear 12 days ago then I worry for your own safety and that of other road users.
Please have all your tyres checked by a tyre dealer, scrap them if they are illegal and have your winters checked too (by someone else).
And as long as you get the tracking done (on a four wheel system) and have the independently checked regularly you should be fine and you will be amazed at the transformation in the wet (although to be fair if you hit standing water, lots of cars will aquaplane and as we sadly saw at the Japanese Grand Prix not even the best drivers can deal with that)
Never anthropomorphise computers. They hate that.
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