TT 225
On my way to wrok last week, i was transfering from the m56 onto the m53. As i came round the bend to the end of the slip road i heard this scrubbing noise and then a horrendous smell of burning rubber, i move straight onto the hard shoulder and popped my head out of the window to see my tire had deflated. So i made my way off the motorway at cheshire oakes (50 meters max) and pulled up after the first roundabout on an unused drive.
Please excuse crap pics with phone camera:
First Fail.
Second fail:
Jack wouldnt fit under the car so i had to get one of the lads from college/work to bring me a block of wood to drive up onto.
Hmmm whats this around my arch??
Tyre
Flipped the tyre over to see this:
Bye bye 2 month old tyre.
Took the car to one of the guys at work and he checked it all out for me and said that the bottom of the coilover was loose so when i turned left after bearing right it had moved the camber of the wheel right into the adjuster rings on my coilovers.
So when i got home and checked the passenger side i found that i deffintaely need spacers to be safe even if its only 3 -5 mm ones. My passenger side tyre was litterally 3mm off my adjuster rings shown in the pic below.
Please excuse crap pics with phone camera:
First Fail.
Second fail:
Jack wouldnt fit under the car so i had to get one of the lads from college/work to bring me a block of wood to drive up onto.
Hmmm whats this around my arch??
Tyre
Flipped the tyre over to see this:
Bye bye 2 month old tyre.
Took the car to one of the guys at work and he checked it all out for me and said that the bottom of the coilover was loose so when i turned left after bearing right it had moved the camber of the wheel right into the adjuster rings on my coilovers.
So when i got home and checked the passenger side i found that i deffintaely need spacers to be safe even if its only 3 -5 mm ones. My passenger side tyre was litterally 3mm off my adjuster rings shown in the pic below.