One of my rear tyres seems to be wearing uneven, to the point that it feels 'jagged' when you run your hand around one way...i'm sort of hoping this tyre is the cause for the noise i've been experiencing recently? The last time I had a tyre wear like this was on a Vauxhall Monteray, the cause being a faulty shock absorber, I can't imagine that being the case this time but what might cause this? The previous owner used the car for towing a bit and it's had an obvious puncture repair as there's a grommit stuck out about 2" in from the outside edge.

Is it likely to need wheel alignment or could it be this tyre is dodgy as it's been repaired? Anyone had a problem with rear tyre wear using Wranglers at all, especially if it's been used to drag a trailer around

Other than this i've driven approx 5000 miles now and it's been lovely

Any thoughts appreciated guys...

My first set of wranglers lasted about 35000 miles with 7000 of those miles towing a caravan the second set have about 4.5 mm left after another25000 miles with 8000 of those towing I have never had any problems with uneven wear

Tandemman wrote:

My first set of wranglers lasted about 35000 miles with 7000 of those miles towing a caravan the second set have about 4.5 mm left after another25000 miles with 8000 of those towing I have never had any problems with uneven wear

Blows my hopeful theory out of the water then , thanks for the info'

Yep, me had problem with uneven wear with Wranglers. Both front and back tyres on the drivers side were wearing unevenly, had only done 22,000 on them, passenger side was wearing ok and had at least 5000 miles left on them.

Wheel alignment was out. Cost £60 at local tyre garage to put right plus 4 new tyres for £500

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