Thread: Front Tire Wear
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Old 07-14-2008, 08:52 PM
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Wear

Both front tires are showing the unusual wear evenly .... both across the tread and around the total circumference. Front tires are very good (90%). If you stand by the tire and look straight across the top, toward the motor each "tread" resembles a small wedge (like a wedge of cheese). The tall side of the wedge is toward the front of the truck. The wedge slopes towards the rear of the truck and ends before the next tread. The leading edge of the next tread is taller than the thin edge of the previous tread.

I have spent the past 20 years driving this size truck and most have been Fords. When I put on the brakes this unit seems to "nose down" just a bit more than other similar units. On other units I've driven with too much braking on the rear wheels they seem to stop almost level with hardly any "nose down". It's hard to explain, just how it feels when stopping.