The obtained data infer the applicability and usefulness of the scaling approach and fractal analysis for the description of friction and wearing processes of polymers. The scaling nature of the relationships used for the description of the above-mentioned processes is confirmed. Shown within the framework of the fractal analysis is the interdependence between the structure of polymer and parameters involved in these relationships, which were considered previously as empirical. (C) 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.