tyre rubbing

[joe-swift]

Got new tyres for the back of my chaser last week and one of them started rubbing.they are the same profile as the last tires so im a little confused to how they never rubbed before.Ive been told an aftermarket sway bar would solve the problem.anyone got any ideas on what to do???

[curtis]

Is it a different brand of tyre? Sometimes the "shoulder" of the tyre can be different even if the profile is the same. It might not tuck in as much.
Sorry that's not a great explaination of what i mean

[joe-swift]

ya its a different brand...the old ones were toyo proxes and the new ones were federals....ya i get what u mean...u think that could be it?

[wezwkd]

ya its a different brand...the old ones were toyo proxes and the new ones were federals....ya i get what u mean...u think that could be it?

You could camber it a bit more but unfortunately when you modify you get these probs. More camber = less tyre wear. Are the arches rolled. ?

[Fredericks Balls]

If your old tyres were knackered then maybe its just the extra rubber? I know that sounds a bit simple though! I put new federals on the front of my 81 and it immediately started scrubbing the front of the inner arch on lock, never did it before either...

[Greg]

What he said ^^^^^^. The same thing happened to me when I got new tyres on 10j wheels, but it was just an excuse to burn some thread off.

What size are the tyres? I think it was 255/40's that caused rubbing on the rear of my car and the arches were rolled.

[nissan_doctor]

You could camber it a bit more but unfortunately when you modify you get these probs. More camber = less tyre wear. Are the arches rolled. ?

More camber = more tyre wear surely, and less tyre life.

The more negative camber you are running the faster the inside of the tyres will wear especially in road use.

[curtis]

ya its a different brand...the old ones were toyo proxes and the new ones were federals....ya i get what u mean...u think that could be it?

Well i had the opposite happen, i changed to toyos and had more space.
As suggested maybe you could add a bit of camber or a small bit of hammer work could have the same affect, it usually only needs a few mm

[curtis]

More camber = more tyre wear surely, and less tyre life.

The more negative camber you are running the faster the inside of the tyres will wear especially in road use.

Would it be fair to say that toe in/out causes more wear?
I'm running a good bit of neg camber up front but i've corrected the toe and the tyres seem to be wearing ok.
I haven't put many miles on them yet though so it's kinda hard to tell.

[git]

More camber = more tyre wear surely, and less tyre life.

The more negative camber you are running the faster the inside of the tyres will wear especially in road use.

i was only sayn to meself the same thing ????? maybe im wrong ?