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| Swine&Small Member Since: 20 Mar 2017 Location: Norfolk Posts: 1223  
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I would always get the tracking checked when changing tyres or on spotting uneven wear. Not expensive compared with the cost of prematurely worn tyres.
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27th Mar 2018 2:11pm |
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| ParabolicSwivel Member Since: 13 Nov 2013 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 42 |
Yep, good point, might do it anyway. The tyres have worn very evenly though and have lasted nearly 25k miles, which seems fairly good?
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27th Mar 2018 2:30pm |
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| ParabolicSwivel Member Since: 13 Nov 2013 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 42 |
I should say that it’s only the fronts that are getting low. rears have plenty of life left.
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27th Mar 2018 2:32pm |
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| discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2526 
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Under inflation is a known cause of tyre squeal Defender 90XS SW
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27th Mar 2018 4:03pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17372 
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So is excessive speed!
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27th Mar 2018 5:24pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20347
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Slow down.
25k seems pretty poor for wear if you ask me.  $W33T $0U7H3RN $UG4R
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27th Mar 2018 5:33pm |
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| UtilityTruck Member Since: 09 Jan 2014 Location: Oxford Posts: 463
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How times change. I used to frequent performance car forums and the talk of only 8 or 10k miles on a set of tyres, and was that a problem etc etc. 25k on a set of tyres is imho fine, the mind boggles how anyone drives to get 45-50k on one set!
Edit- regarding your original point, have you confirmed your diffs are working correctly? I.e the centre diff is not locked and there are no issues with the front or rear differential? It could be driveline wind-up, made worse by the worn tyres. This shouldn’t be an issue if you don’t have any driveline issues; the different rotational speeds due to rolling diameter differences would be taken out by the differentials. You’d notice it more on corners due to the different path the wheels take around the curve. Just a thought, in case the problem is not resolved by new tyres 2014 Keswick Utility 2.2 |
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27th Mar 2018 6:36pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20347
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"How times change. I used to frequent performance car forums and the talk of only 8 or 10k miles on a set of tyres, and was that a problem etc etc. 25k on a set of tyres is imho fine, the mind boggles how anyone drives to get 45-50k on one set! "
Yes, but the Defender isn't a performance car. And driven in a mechanically sympathetic way with a quality tyre brand you'd be surprised how many miles you can achieve. My last set did 30k with half life still left, I only had to change due lack of miles vs age and mainly due to a tyre cut and needed to swap due to this. As I wanted to change size I changed all of them because I had to. $W33T $0U7H3RN $UG4R 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪🇺🇸⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰💪 |
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27th Mar 2018 8:27pm |
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| Tdi4 Member Since: 24 Oct 2014 Location: Houten Posts: 513  
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My general grabber at2 tyres have run Just over 60k Miles. And they are on the winter limit. So at least 40 k to the summer limit a defender from 1984 pretending to be a puma with a touch of Range Rover
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27th Mar 2018 8:46pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17372
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I've had 100,000 miles out of a set of (original pattern) BFG KM Mud T/As on my Disco2. They were still fully legal and good for the road at that but we're a bit treadless for mud (I left them longer than I normally would have done to see if it was possible).
I'd be seriously disappointed to get fewer than 50k miles from my KM2s and I would expect them to have enough tread to be fully usable at that. |
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27th Mar 2018 9:26pm |
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| zsd-puma Member Since: 09 Aug 2016 Location: Kent Posts: 2720 
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The original factory Grabber TR's on mine had done 80'000 miles before I replaced them. Even then they were still road legal, although basically worn out for off road use. 4x4 tyres generally have 10mm tread from new, compared to 8mm for most car tyres.
It's a Defender, if you're getting tyre squeal it's because the car is drifting. That could be down to poor tyres, or it could be down to excessive speed. |
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27th Mar 2018 11:54pm |
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| Mike c Member Since: 11 Aug 2017 Location: Maldon, Essex Posts: 928  
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The tr's on mine squealed on roundabouts / bends and it wasn't down to excessive speed. The steering was also very unsettled, turned out to be down to tracking that was completely out. Once done no more tyre squeal and a much nicer defender to drive!
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28th Mar 2018 6:35am |
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| ParabolicSwivel Member Since: 13 Nov 2013 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 42 |
It definitely isn’t down to excessive speed (I normally drive excessively slowly if you ask my wife!), and the pressures are fine so I’ll get the tracking done with the new tyres. Hopefully that’ll be it.
Interesting to hear how long tyres sometimes last - I’m quite surprised at that! Will keep an eye on that. |
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28th Mar 2018 3:19pm |
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| Grenadier Member Since: 23 Jul 2014 Location: The foot of Mont Blanc... Posts: 5804  
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^^^ Maybe you should stop using the handbrake and reverse lock to kick the back around corners
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28th Mar 2018 4:00pm |
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