I bought a set of Uniroyal tires last Oct 06 at Mart Le Wal. I have put about 10,000 miles on them... took them in today to rotate and balance and they told me all four tires need to be replaced due to uneven tire wire on their scale one rear tire was a 3, one rear was a 4, and the others fronts were 6 and 8 I believe on a scale of 10?

They told me 3 was the lowest acceptable level, and 2 has to be replaced.

Do I have a terrible alignment problem causing the backs to wear out so friggin' fast. Is it susupension.....wtf?

I kept the pressure regulated over the 10,000 miles. I don't hot rod, or drive rough, etc...

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85 300CD Turbo "Das Polluter" 230K sold for $3,000

98 BMW 323is

Sounds like an alignment can't hurt. I did the 123 at Firestone, the 126 at Sears, which has a warranty. It would seem the rears wouldn't be out that bad, but I'm not familiar with WM's scale of tire wear. How do they look to the naked eye?

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83 SD

84 CD

How hard is the rubber on the Uniroyals? On RWD cars, rear tires to wear quicker, unless rotated every 5,000 miles. Softer rubber means better traction, but also higher wear.

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RRGrassi


70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

Inner or outer wear? Front or rear? First set of tires on this car (have you owned it more than one set of tires)?

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1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
OBK #42

I rotate mine every oil change and I've gotten nearly 40k out of my Michelins and they're still going. Not down to the wear bars yet...

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~Michael S.~
Past cars:

1986 300SDL
1987 300SDL
1982 240D
1982 300SD


Current:

1987 300SDL

I'm at nearly 34k on my Michelin Destiny's and they have probably 80% of the tread still. I've rotated them maybe every 10-11k or so....my old goodyear tripletred's were shot at 18k....over half the tread gone, and a terrible vibration over 60mph. They changed them out on warranty.

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'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

If you are not getting any pulling or vibrations, it sounds more like they want to sell you a new set of tires.

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Sam

84 300SD 350K+ miles ( Blue Belle )

Well,

The were the rear tires, visually they are noticeably different than the fronts were. I will look more closely this weekend, but it looked like all round wear, not inside or outside or middle only....

I don't have pulling to one side per se, but there is drifting left and right over a stretch a road.

This was the first set of tires I had put on this car. The PO sold me the car with cheap tires in terrible condition in the front I remember but outside wear I think

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85 300CD Turbo "Das Polluter" 230K sold for $3,000

98 BMW 323is

If it's even wear, you don't have an alignment problem. Or any problem for that matter. If they are evenly worn, you can wear them down to the wear indicators on the tire (a colored line scribed around, revealed at x tread depth).
Sounds like they're just trying to sell tires.

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1984 300TD

If you checked the pressure when hot, they could have read 50 psi, then you could have taken 18 psi out. But when cold they would have been 32, so now you're actually driving on 14 psi. Seems to me pressure should be checked when the tires are cold.

Also, check out Goodyear's Comfortred tires. They're rated at 80,000 miles, and they'll be the first to tell you that you might get 60k, but they'll prorate them if you get less than 80k. They're supposed to be 20% quieter than other tires and reduce bump feel by 20% due to the kevlar stuff they use in it.

Jeff

I check tire pressure cold...

I had posted one awhile ago about the recommended pressure...

my sill plate says 28 front 32 rear, something like that....what does everyone do on their MB.....?

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85 300CD Turbo "Das Polluter" 230K sold for $3,000

98 BMW 323is

I just recently put on a set of Michelin Harmony tires, I think they are rated at 80k, with good all season ratings (important in the NW part of the country...)

They ride smooth, and track well so far, but now I just have to see how the alignment on my car treats them.

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Testing the cheap Mercedes axiom, one bolt at a time...

Harmony is the Michelin I bought as well. They're getting tired at 35-40k, but not worn out yet. I'm giving them 45... 50 max thousand miles... which still isn't bad service.

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~Michael S.~
Past cars:

1986 300SDL
1987 300SDL
1982 240D
1982 300SD


Current:

1987 300SDL

Anyone, want to repsond to the tire pressure question... front/rear, psi?

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85 300CD Turbo "Das Polluter" 230K sold for $3,000

98 BMW 323is

Car MFG's usually post less than MAX PSI for ride (meaning soft) quality. It also has to do with curb and loaded weight of the car.

I put wider wheels/tires on my Nissan 4x4. I noticed when I ran the tires ax MAX PSI, the tires wore out in the center faster compared to the edges like over inflation. When I lowered the PSI by 10, the replacements are wearing evenly.

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RRGrassi


70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K