Excess wear on inside edge of rear nearside tyre
 

My car is a 1990 240 GL estate.

I just got my car MOT'd and the examiner pointed out excessive wear on the inner edge of my rear nearside tyre. He asked if the wheels had been swapped around, but they haven't. The only other thing I've noticed is a knocking sound coming from under the floor as I go (mostly) round right hand bends. It doesn't seem too bad going round the left hand bends. Also the same sound seems to occur going over bumps.

Anyone else had this/these problems?

Sounds like wear in bushes - possibly bottom arm possibly onto axle. Might not have been bad enough to fail on though or the examiner didn't spot it.

Mike

Wear on my nearside tyre
 

Thanks for that reply.

I'm still trying to clear up something here though. The 'bottom bushes' you mention, are these the 'lower suspension arm bushes' and are these the same thing as the 'rear trailing arm bushes'. I've noticed that there are a number of different terms being used - can someone please clarify this??

There are a number of terms referring to the suspension arms - there are 2 arms top and bottom. Top are also referred to as torque rodsm as they resist the twisting of the axle. Lower suspension arm and rear trailing arm are one and the same thing - confused - I'm not surprised!

Mike

wear on tyre
 

Not so confused now thanks to you. At least I now know what to look for anyway. Many, many thanks.

Not a problem - but do let us know how you get on and ask if you can't find a bush problem.

Mike

tyre wear
 

I phoned my local Squire Furneaux dealer yesterday to find out what they would charge to do this, as it looks a bit tricky in the Haynes Manual, especially getting the old bushes out and fitting new ones, and they mentioned a figure of around £250 !!!! But, they went on to say that they would be able to replace the trailing arms complete with bushes for about £193 ???

Apparently it's cheaper because of the labour charges. I'm now considering replacing them complete anyway, but it'll have to wait until next month to get the pennies together.

Usually it is the large bush in the rear axle that the trailing arm fits into that goes. Ther is a fairly simple diy answer. You can replace this bush with a polyurethane bush. Fitting is a case of burning out the old rubber bush leaving the shell in.The new poly bush then fits into the shell. Contact classicswede on this forum for further info about polybushes.

Mike

Excess Wear
 

I love poly bushes especially the ones which are already split (not sure if they all come like it) As previously said you just burn the old ones out (ps don't use a gas axe it makes a heck of a mess to the arms) ((Oh yes I did)) Did my Range Rover the split ones simply slot in

the get fresh bolts/nuts/washers although a lot of complete kits supply these and simply push them in with a socket being carefull not to damage them.

To see if it is bushes get a pry bar to see if you have movement (you will get some because of the rubber compound) excess movement is what you're looking for

Charlotte