Incorrect front toe - excessive wear on one side or both

[AW10]

Curious about something… if the front toe setting is wrong will both tyres wear unevenly? I’m thinking yes because the steering will self-centre and “distribute” the incorrect toe evenly between the left and right wheels. Or have I missed something?

Edited by AW10 on Sunday 8th May 22:17

[Kawasicki]

Generally yes.

Not always though. There are other factors at play that act to steer a wheel, such as castor angle(Trail), camber angle, etc.

[Polly Grigora]

Trashed a pair of good tyres by removing, repairing and refitting the wishbones, man that checked and adjusted the toe told me one wheel was out

[stevieturbo]

Polly Grigora said:

Trashed a pair of good tyres by removing, repairing and refitting the wishbones, man that checked and adjusted the toe told me one wheel was out

Depends...in terms of the front wheels, both are linked, so if one is out, the other has to be out.

Except if they do actually take it from a fixed steering wheel in the dead centre position when measuring as they should. Then potentially one can be out, however in the real world when driving this would be nullified and both would be out by half the amount.

[Evoluzione]

AW10 said:

Curious about something… if the front toe setting is wrong will both tyres wear unevenly? I’m thinking yes because the steering will self-centre and “distribute” the incorrect toe evenly between the left and right wheels. Or have I missed something?

Yes that's correct.