I have a 1998 MK 1 Octavia and have noticed that one of my rear tyres is scrubbing on the outer edge and on closer inspection looks like I need a new tyre but was wondering if it could be something wrong with the car before i get a new tyre, the wheel bareings are ok at the back.Looking through receipts it looks like the tyre has been on the car for 6 years and was getting a bit low anyway and has very tiny surface cracks on it with its age.Just wondered if it could be down to the tyres age or look into something on the actual car that could be causing this.Thanks.

If it's not down to normal wear it's most probably the rear wheel bearing that has gone.

As you ve said it's only on one edge of one tyre it most probably is!

The only other thing you could check is the rear bushes but I wouldn't say that this is common but worth a look anway but I'd go for the wheel bearing.

Cheers danny - whats more expensive the bushes or the bearing, I am going back to the garage on Monday when they are going to put it on the lift and look into it further.

I'd think it's quite possibly just the tyre itself from your description of it.

If it's not that, then I'd suspect the wheel bearing or a bent suspension arm.

thanks for the help, had the car in today and it was the tyre, they said it looks like it may have been on the front at some point and the other keeper has found it wearing funny as they said the arms on the front are quite new so they think that the other owner has put the tyre onto the back and said that once a tyre has started to wear funny it will always wear funny.Im just glad it wasnt anything wrong with the car, so its now gor Avon ZV5`s on the back now.They also checked the rear suspension components and the front aswell and I got a free winter safety check lol.