[s-cars] Help! Bad wear line on the front tires!

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Rob,

  Sounds like your toad out. Did you have it aligned when they installed the
1992 springs? That would also explain the excessive tramlining you've been
experiencing. Make sure you get it aligned before you put the new tires on.

Chad

In a message dated 10/11/03 11:10:54 AM Central Daylight Time,
s-car-list-request at audifans.com writes:

> From: Rfeagleye at aol.com
>  Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 10:28:36 EDT
>  To: s-car-list at audifans.com
>  Subject: [s-cars] Help! Bad wear line on the front tires!
>
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>  I was changing wheels on my 1993 S4 today, and noticed a HUGE wear line on
>  the inside edge of the front tires! It is all the way around the inside
edge
> of
>  both front tires, about 1/2 inch in from the edge of the tire on the
inside.
>  It wore through the tread and is now smooth in this area.
>
>  I try to keep them inflated to 37 lbs in front, could it be the tire
>  pressure?
>
>  Other facts are, the tires are oversized (245's), and the car does quite a
>  bit of tramlining. The car has not been substantially lowered, although it
> does
>  have 1992 S4 springs.   Finally, I do not know when the last alignment was
>  completed.
>
>  Anyone have any ideas? I am thinking it need an alignment...
>
>  Rob Eagleye
>  1992 S4
>  1993 S4