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I had 4 Goodyear F1 GSD3's fitted to my Mondeo ST220 just before Xmas.....the front 2 have now worn down to 1.8 (according to Ford Dealer) thus rendering them almost illegal!
The wear on these tyres is rather strange (ie not just inner or outer edge) so I presume its the 50p wear as described earlier by someone.
The wear also results in a noise whilst driving which I can only describe as "wheel bearing rumble"....hence the visit to Ford.
The rear 2 tyres are absolutely fine....stacks of tread remaining.
After reading this thread I checked the markings on the side of the tyres on both front and rear....they are identical except that the front two are "Made in China" and the rear two are "Made in Germany".
The car was 4 wheel tracked prior to Xmas also so its unlikely to be a geo issue.
RobM: Have you read anything on the t'internet about this issue, if so can you provide links (as I have been Googling for hours and found nowt - except this site of course).
The wear on these tyres is rather strange (ie not just inner or outer edge) so I presume its the 50p wear as described earlier by someone.
The wear also results in a noise whilst driving which I can only describe as "wheel bearing rumble"....hence the visit to Ford.
The rear 2 tyres are absolutely fine....stacks of tread remaining.
After reading this thread I checked the markings on the side of the tyres on both front and rear....they are identical except that the front two are "Made in China" and the rear two are "Made in Germany".
The car was 4 wheel tracked prior to Xmas also so its unlikely to be a geo issue.
RobM: Have you read anything on the t'internet about this issue, if so can you provide links (as I have been Googling for hours and found nowt - except this site of course).
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checked mine and found this :
loads of tread left , both the front ones are like this after about 8000 miles.
loads of tread left , both the front ones are like this after about 8000 miles.
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Bill...sorry to ressurect this thread after so long but I have recently been having problems with a deep rumbling noise on my 54 Plate Octy VRS Mk 1, I too thought that it was a wheel bearing until I checked the rear tyres, the rear left is VERY 50P shaped, the righ seems to be going the same way and both are at 4-5mm and they are the chinese ones, I have used F1's for 70K miles on my last car and had no problems, they were German made ones, the ones I have on now are chinese and have worn very strangely.
I do mainly Motorway miles and do 2.5K miles per month and check the tyre pressures weekly, the front ones wore as if they were over inflated but I check them when cold and then when warm and set to 32 PSI to take nto account the sustained high speed running.
Bill...sorry to ressurect this thread after so long but I have recently been having problems with a deep rumbling noise on my 54 Plate Octy VRS Mk 1, I too thought that it was a wheel bearing until I checked the rear tyres, the rear left is VERY 50P shaped, the righ seems to be going the same way and both are at 4-5mm and they are the chinese ones, I have used F1's for 70K miles on my last car and had no problems, they were German made ones, the ones I have on now are chinese and have worn very strangely.
I do mainly Motorway miles and do 2.5K miles per month and check the tyre pressures weekly, the front ones wore as if they were over inflated but I check them when cold and then when warm and set to 32 PSI to take nto account the sustained high speed running.
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Bill, I'm in total agreement with you, I have checked the rear beam bushes this evening and there is no play or wear evident in any of the linkeages...my front F1's have just been replaced about 3K ago, the ones that came off were chinese....guess what they had weird wear patterns yet evrything checked out okay with geometry etc.....NEVER had a problem with the German Made F1's, just the chinese ones.....guess its time to change to the Pirelli PZeroe's I have tucked away in the garage!
Bill, I'm in total agreement with you, I have checked the rear beam bushes this evening and there is no play or wear evident in any of the linkeages...my front F1's have just been replaced about 3K ago, the ones that came off were chinese....guess what they had weird wear patterns yet evrything checked out okay with geometry etc.....NEVER had a problem with the German Made F1's, just the chinese ones.....guess its time to change to the Pirelli PZeroe's I have tucked away in the garage!
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