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Old 05-13-2011, 02:17 PM
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choppy tire wear on front only ???

Noticed today my front tires on both sides has some real choppy wear while my back ones are wearing perfect. I do have some issues with the front end like clunking noise and so on. Curious if there is a common problem that causes this kind of wear or is it just an alignment issue.

Tires are Treadwright Guard Dogs with around 20k miles

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Old 05-13-2011, 02:54 PM
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You could have alignment issues (bad ball joint, improper toe-in, etc.). Some wear like that is pretty much normal on a chunky offroad tire. Front-to-back rotation would be a good idea every 6K miles or so. If you have never rotated them in 20K miles, that wear would be very normal, IMO.
 
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Old 05-13-2011, 03:35 PM
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typical front tire wear for an aggressive tire... its because its steering axle. I'd rotate them every 3K if you want them to last a while. Thats what I did with my Cooper Discoverer STT's.
 
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Double Check for slop in the ball joints and etc.(Can't hurt to check) However as said before that is somewhat normal for more aggressive tires on the front. I would rotate the tires more often.
 
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Old 05-13-2011, 05:01 PM
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Some would argue those look pretty good for a big lugged tire on the front of a solid axle truck...
 
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