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Originally Posted by leathermang
I suggest you look at a chassis manual before making any decisions....
our cars make ' non standard ' wear patterns .. there are pictures in the chassis manual...
You might also need shocks or whatever..
but the wear on the outside may be standard given the design of the suspension..
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Good Call. I just checked out section 40-0104 in the Chassis manual and it explicitly points out the wear pattern on the outside shoulder.
Of particular interest is the section noting causes of increased tire wear. Point 2 is lifting off the gas in turns causing increased shoulder wear, especially on the front wheels. With bad shocks, this is just part of life in turns, the "scrubbing" makes sense now that I think about it. Point 4 mentions a "normal" saw-tooth wear pattern with certain types of tires, especially on the front axle.
I think what I'm going to do is rotate front/rear tires after replacing the shocks and observe the wear pattern. With the new shocks, the suspension geometry should be a bit better anyway, it seems like changes in geometry are a major cause of tire wear on these cars.
The chassis manual suggests a criss-cross rotation every 5000-10000Km (roughly 3-6K Miles). I'm spoiled by newer cars that suggest every 10K miles
