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Tracking

in Anything Eriba-related Fri Feb 13, 2015 5:09 pm
by daveg (deleted)
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Started (optimistically) to get the puck ready for the spring and thought I’d change the tyre (off side) as it was looking a bit worn. Got it off and to my surprise found that the inner-side was hardly touched, on a car this would be a case of tracking. Before I take it into the white van service guy the question is can the tracking be adjusted on the puck?


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RE: Tracking

in Anything Eriba-related Fri Feb 13, 2015 5:29 pm
by Randa france • | 13.261 Posts

An interesting question Dave.
We had exactly the same problem with the door side tyre on our Troll last year. In our case however, although I suspect that it had been wearing unevenly for some time, it only became obvious during a 1000 mile journey as far as Barcelona. On leaving home all looked OK but by the time we reached Catalonia the tyre was illegal although the inside of the tread had plenty on it.

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RE: Tracking

in Anything Eriba-related Fri Feb 13, 2015 6:59 pm
by hob (deleted)
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Maybe a fold out step that did not retract fully??

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RE: Tracking

in Anything Eriba-related Fri Feb 13, 2015 7:16 pm
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I'm pretty sure I read somewhere else that someone had a similar problem and found it to be either a brake binding or in the case of the Troll a defective damper? But just searched and cannot find it?? Maybe someone else will have better luck

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RE: Tracking

in Anything Eriba-related Fri Feb 13, 2015 7:45 pm
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Some thoughts,
check the other tyre for similar wear
check the dampers for signs of leaking of damping fluid
check and compare the length of both dampers under load.
check tyres for under or over inflation.

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RE: Tracking

in Anything Eriba-related Fri Feb 13, 2015 10:16 pm
by Aaron Calder • | 3.834 Posts

Wheel bearing?

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RE: Tracking

in Anything Eriba-related Sat Feb 14, 2015 8:46 am
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Wheel bearing, shock absorber "going home" one chap
had a misaligned swinging arm from new but it could be
caused by side impact such as kerbing.
The rubbers in the axle could be worn or damaged, the
misaligned from new had a whole new axle fitted (jdep, Eriba Forum)
http://www.4x4community.co.za/forum/showthread.php?t=191338


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RE: Tracking

in Anything Eriba-related Sat Feb 14, 2015 8:56 am
by Randa france • | 13.261 Posts

I don't know about Dave, but in our case we had the van serviced when we returned and everything checked out as OK. The tyre we returned on, brand new, showed no measurable sign of uneven wear and the service engineer and our tyre specialists have suggested that it could have been the 5 year old inexpensive tyre coming to the end of its life.
It'll be taken off the wheel shortly so we'll hopefully find out more then.
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RE: Tracking

in Anything Eriba-related Sat Feb 14, 2015 10:11 am
by Pepé Le Pew • | 2.752 Posts

Quote: crow wrote in post #7
Wheel bearing, shock absorber "going home" one chap had a misaligned swinging arm from new but it could be caused by side impact such as kerbing. The rubbers in the axle could be worn or damaged...
Eliminating a wheel bearing failure from the list of suspects ought to be fairly easy provided there is a means of jacking up the offending wheel.

If the bearing is knackered enough to cause acute tyre wear it won't run smoothly, and like as not you'll be able to feel movement in it if you hold the tyre across its diameter and try to rock the wheel on the axle.

It might also be worth parking the van on a level bit of road and having walked away from the back of it a little way in a straight line, hunker down to look underneath.

One side noticeably lower than the other might well point to a duff damper or worn suspension rubbers as Rodders says.

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RE: Tracking

in Anything Eriba-related Sun Feb 15, 2015 11:53 am
by daveg (deleted)
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Thanks for all the posts I'll have a visual myself and if cant see anything obvious in it goes


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RE: Tracking

in Anything Eriba-related Sun Feb 15, 2015 5:27 pm
by crow (deleted)
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"it could have been the 5 year old inexpensive tyre coming to the end of its life"
Reading about tyre wear on various sites age, on budget tyres, does get mentioned
something to do with cheaper carcass materials.


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RE: Tracking

in Anything Eriba-related Sun Feb 15, 2015 6:09 pm
by hob (deleted)
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That looks like its been running considerably "toe out"
Low pressure and a weak sidewall "might do it" but i doubt it, the tyre doesn't look that old (still see the bobbles on the sides) have you looked for a date?
How long have you had the van? could it have been used on another vehicle before you acquired the van?

Personally I think an inspection of both the tyre and the axle geometry are called for.

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RE: Tracking

in Anything Eriba-related Sun Feb 15, 2015 8:30 pm
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As a rough check of the wheel camber make a 90 degree piece of ply to place next to the wheel on the van touching the tyre and see if there is a difference between the top and the bottom.

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RE: Tracking

in Anything Eriba-related Tue Feb 17, 2015 11:29 am
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booked it in with Halesowen Caravan centre, will let you know the out come.


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RE: Tracking

in Anything Eriba-related Tue Feb 24, 2015 8:47 pm
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The prognosis was berrings chassis service and rectification £180, pleased with that


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