Pappa583 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Have a slight drone to the car rear I think? which has been noticeable for a few journeys now.... I do a pretty long just under 300 mile journey every few weeks and have noticed the noise for a while. Isnt as loud as a wheel bearing yet 馃 and the wife hasnt noticed, but not sure she would 馃槄聽 I did rotate the fronts to the rear about 6-8 month ago as the difference in tyre wear was a few mm, the tyres are all 4,聽 a set of Bridgestone alenzas. Hope the drone I'm hearing is the worn rears which I've measured around 3mm.... front 4-5 ish so. Found currently there's 20% off when buying a set of 4 tyres but聽 still a few miles left on these..... Was suprised after buying a digital guage they had the mm's left as was all ready for changing them out!聽 Had a full transmission service carried out on the car when I got it at a zf gearbox specialist including diffs, transfer and gearbox for peace of mind and it hasn't yet reached 60k miles so tyres i hope..... Anyone else experienced the tyre noise when they are worn but not quite even worn to the wear indicators....聽 Suppose the only way to eliminate the tyres would be to change them but it's gonna be around 拢1k for the 4 corners 馃サ, hoping it's a tyre wear thing and not the onset of a costlier repair bill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappa583 Posted February 19 Author Share Posted February 19 3 hours ago, jasonj said: Hi Paul, 1:聽 Was the noise there before or after you swapped them around? 2: Which tyres had the uneven wear Front or Rear? 3: Uneven tread will cause a noise . Due to the groves being at differing depths, ( like聽 vinyl records ) 4: Laser wheel Alignment can adjust the wheels for Toe, Camber and Castor聽 5: As the tyres are not unformal, the noise frequency will change with speed and road surface . This is an indication and conformation that this noise will not be mechanical. Jasonj 聽 Cant say I remember the noise then tbh, has seemed to be more noticeable recently, well the last few long journeys I've noticed the slight drone and even turned the music off to see if I could definatly hear it. Wouldn't say its so much uneven wear accross the surface of the tyre, just now the more worn (3mm) fronts are now on the rear and the fronts (4.5mm) have the old rears. Looking at the tyres they appear more worn than when the guage measures the depth as these alenzas don't have alot of cross cuts in the tread anyway? Was even thinking while the tyres are on 20% off could change the 4 and keep the 2 fronts as spare but not going for the same tyres this time and wouldn't mix the types on the car anyway so it's maybe an expensive mistake to loose the drone. Although the tyres will need changing in a few more months anyway..... 馃し Now I'm thinking if the noise changes with different surfaces 馃.....sure it does. I've had wheel bearings go bad in cars over the years and know the noise obviously starts slight and gets worse just never had such a heavy car with the quattro so was hoping owners have experienced the same and new tyres sorted the problem? 馃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappa583 Posted February 19 Author Share Posted February 19 1 hour ago, jasonj said: Hi Paul,聽 1: From the images you present 1234 images 1 and 3 do show uneven wear . 2: Wheel noise is the sound you hear of cars on a motorway, even if you are some miles away , say in the country side you can hear traffic on motorways that are a few miles away . So much so that noise reducing compounds are used in the road surface .聽 3: As this vehicle is 4wd 60% Rear 40% Front . This is also a factor that will impact on tyres 4: Wheel Alignment might be a consideration . 5: Research Tyre Compounds , before replacement . Jasonj If they are already worn unevenly suppose need to get the wheel Alignment done when i change them. Either put up for now and change when they are prob back to full price.... Tyres im looking at are聽Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 SUV Tyres: 285/40 R21 109Y. Extra Load, Rim Protector. 拢866 fitted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappa583 Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 On 2/19/2024 at 2:19 PM, Pappa583 said: If they are already worn unevenly suppose need to get the wheel Alignment done when i change them. Either put up for now and change when they are prob back to full price.... Tyres im looking at are聽Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 SUV Tyres: 285/40 R21 109Y. Extra Load, Rim Protector. 拢866 fitted If only I had just bought them when the 20% was off.... over 拢1000 now 馃槼 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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