VW Polo manuals

Volkswagen Polo Service & Repair Manual: Diagonal Washouts

Diagonal wear spots on tires
Diagonal wear spots run at an angle of approximately 45° with respect to the plane of circumference.
They usually occur once, but may also occur several times along the tire circumference.
Wear spots appear almost exclusively on the non-tractive tires, especially the rear left tire. There are vehicle models where wear spots appear rounded, which are not a problem. The effect is increased by high toe values. Toe values at the lower tolerance limit of the specified value improve the wear pattern.
The tire component integration is often found in the area with the most pronounced diagonal wear spots.
Wheels with toe-in roll with a slip angle even when the vehicle is traveling straight ahead. This leads to diagonal tension in the contact zone between tires/road surface.
Driving with reduced tire pressure will improve the wear pattern. To prevent such wear patterns, the toe values of both rear wheels should be the same and the specified tire pressure should be maintained.
If wear spots are detected, mount the wheels on the tractive axle if the wear spots are still in the initial stage. Deeper wear spots are irreparable.
Faulty Adjustment
When a customer complains of “diagonal wear spots”, the toe adjustment must be checked. If it is OK, the cause for the diagonal wear spots is most likely in the tires.
Tires with diagonal wear spots which developed due to faulty adjustment of the axle geometry are excluded from the warranty.
 

Diagonal Washouts

Tire Wear, Outer Shoulder
Improper Use of Air Suspension Height Adjustment The use of off road levels is only recommended when driving off road. The permanent use of off road ...

Tire Wear, Center
This wear pattern is found on drive wheels on high-powered vehicles that often drive long stretches at high speed. At high speeds, the centrifugal fo ...

Other materials:

Headlight range control, instrument and switch lighting
Fig. 69 Next to the steering wheel: control for instrument and switch lighting ① and headlight range control ② First read and observe the introductory information and safety warnings ① Instrument and switch lighting When the headlights are switched on, the brightness of the instrument ...

Overview of the driver side
Fig. 5 Overview of the driver side (left-hand drive vehicles) Fig. 6 Overview of the driver side (right-hand drive vehicles) Key for and : Vent   , Lever for: Main beam headlights Headlight flasher Turn signal Parking lig ...

Battery, Testing using Midtronics Battery Tester -MCR340VKT
Requirements   WARNING Read and follow the Safety Precautions when working with batteries. Refer to → Chapter „Warnings and Safety Precautions“. ...

© 2016-2024 Copyright www.vwpolo.net