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I'm betting on an alignment issue...pressures were good. I'd rather believe in defective rubber but find that hard to believe. I will contact Continental.
From what you've previously mentioned it cannot be the alignment as you had even wear on one tire. And if it was the alignment one tire would be good ( even wear tire with no tread left) and one bad ( bad aligned wheel )
Regarding alignment, one thing I've noticed, and had others confirm is that when you go over a big bump and the car seems to want to "go a different way", you probably need an alignment. Those were the symptoms recently and after the alignment, it tracked true after that.
Not sure who you have looking at the car (not many good options in Vermont), but Jason at Bullfrog Automotive in Milton is a well reputed indy. He's a PCA member, and I've heard lots of good things about him from people in the club and other mechanics in the area for Porsche specific work.
Oh, and I've had alignment work done on my 996 at Sterling Auto Works on Airport parkway. They did a good job setting my suspension to GT3 specs (spec that I provided them).
Not sure who you have looking at the car (not many good options in Vermont), but Jason at Bullfrog Automotive in Milton is a well reputed indy. He's a PCA member, and I've heard lots of good things about him from people in the club and other mechanics in the area for Porsche specific work.
Oh, and I've had alignment work done on my 996 at Sterling Auto Works on Airport parkway. They did a good job setting my suspension to GT3 specs (spec that I provided them).
Hi CDS72911,
So far I've been using Rick Cabell in Burlington. I know he and Jason collaborated on changing my IMS bearing last fall. I've known Rick for many years. I'm unsure who Rick had do my wheel alignment but his shop is close to Automaster, who also do alignments. I still have not looked at the car while on a lift to see if I can see any suspension issues. I'll bring the car to have Rick take a look once I get some new rubber. Still, my money is betting on loosened eccentric bolts, at least one because that was an issue I had before. We shall see. The tire shop is also going to take a look.
On another note...that mini spare is not easy to find. The tire shop found one on line for $170, wheel and tire, and I had them order it before I even looked at Porsche parts dealers. No parts dealer I looked at had any 996 spare tire!
Thanks for the heads up about Sterling and Jason.
I live in Montpelier and am looking for other pcar owners to connect with. Please send me a message if you have any leads!
Last edited by bbboomer67; 09-17-2018 at 01:29 PM.
^^^ The 115 is 2.4" larger in circumference than the 105 it replaces so I am not sure it will fit without rubbing on the hood. When I searched last year, I could not find anybody that could confirm it fits the C2.
Checked for perished rubber in suspension setup. Sometimes they only show deflection under load but in static state are fine. Example if your tortion arm bushing is worn the wheel can totate to the point where wheel /tire can make contact with the arm. This can easily destroy a tire due to toe changing
Checked for perished rubber in suspension setup. Sometimes they only show deflection under load but in static state are fine. Example if your tortion arm bushing is worn the wheel can totate to the point where wheel /tire can make contact with the arm. This can easily destroy a tire due to toe changing
Ask me how i found out.
I replaced the rear control arms this spring because of perished rubber and had an alignment done afterwards.
^^^ The 115 is 2.4" larger in circumference than the 105 it replaces so I am not sure it will fit without rubbing on the hood. When I searched last year, I could not find anybody that could confirm it fits the C2.
Yes, this calculator says 2.32"
That's about a half inch taller than the full sized front tires:
I can really sympathize with you. I had a set of Michelin Cup 2's that wore out at 4,000 miles on the rear. I am also 71 and not a "lead foot" but do push it into corners. Got no help from Michelin or the guys at America's tire who recommended them. Had my alignment done even though it supposedly wasn't bad. I eventually put it down to soft rubber, but I have also backed off in the corners somewhat.
I can really sympathize with you. I had a set of Michelin Cup 2's that wore out at 4,000 miles on the rear. I am also 71 and not a "lead foot" but do push it into corners. Got no help from Michelin or the guys at America's tire who recommended them. Had my alignment done even though it supposedly wasn't bad. I eventually put it down to soft rubber, but I have also backed off in the corners somewhat.
Thanks for the sympathy! Even the stickiest rear tires on my motorcycles would last 5k miles, but 1.5k is crazy!
Gadsby: I'll have the shop check the thrust arm bushings.
09-15-2018, 08:56 PM
