front tire wear
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front tire wear
I own a 02 F-350 Crewcab Dually. Front tires are wearing on out side edge.
Alingment is really close. Tires look as if not riding flat on the groud.
I was wondering if anyone had to put camber adjusters on their truck to correct the angle of the front tires and what it appox. cost. I will be needing new front tires next year and will be getting the camber adjusters put on also with the alignment. I bought the truck used with 18500 miles and now has 21500. Thanks for any input.
Alingment is really close. Tires look as if not riding flat on the groud.
I was wondering if anyone had to put camber adjusters on their truck to correct the angle of the front tires and what it appox. cost. I will be needing new front tires next year and will be getting the camber adjusters put on also with the alignment. I bought the truck used with 18500 miles and now has 21500. Thanks for any input.
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Is this truck a 4x4 ?
I hope you are rotating them.
all so are they just wearing even on the outside or are they cupping ?
Sometimes the towin/out is set to harsh it will cause wear evenly on the outside.
Also is this truck hauling alot of weight al the time?
Rich
I hope you are rotating them.
all so are they just wearing even on the outside or are they cupping ?
Sometimes the towin/out is set to harsh it will cause wear evenly on the outside.
Also is this truck hauling alot of weight al the time?
Rich
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had similar problem w/ 99 cc dually check wheel bearings had bad ball joint and wheel bearing on same side, truck drove straight and true just wore out tires. also believe bearing issue was aggravated by stuck brake caliper so my only symptom was pulling to right when braking.
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I have the same issue, only my front tires are wearing uneven on the inside edge of the tread. If you look at the truck from the front, the tires appear to be angled in at the top which I guess would explain the uneven wear on the inside of the tread. I rotate the tires every 5,000 miles but I don't want to rotate them now until I get the problem taken care of. Both sides have new hub and bearing assemblies so I know that's not the issue. Anyone have any ideas?
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When they did the alignment did they check the vehicles thrust, or how the rear axle lines-up? On my DRW the problems with tire wear are mostly do to two things; Tread design, BFG M/T lugs tend to wear every other lug on SD's, and lack of rotation. Rotating the tires on a dually is just not practical. Generally if the tires on our companies semi's are wearing that way we first check the inflation. Underinflated tires tend to wear like that. If it's not that, then it's usually either overloading the axle or, as I mentioned, bad thrust. But it could also be bad toe or camber adjustment. But if you had an alignment done they should've checked both of those. Usually if a wheel bearing is bad the tire will cup. In thinking about it, if the cause of the tire wear isn't obvious, finding it can be like electrical troubleshooting.
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I had a lot of problems with this on my '01 dually even after the previous owner had the adjusters installed. Unfortunatelly it is expensive to rotate on the dually other than left to right so I chose to just keep replacing the tires. I had the alignment checked at multiple shops and it always showed as dead-on factory specs. I was finally able to find somebody to do the alignment based on the factory specs AND tire wear. I think that so many of the techs that do the alignments pay too much attention to the alignment computer and do not look at the existing tire wear conditions. I was finally able to find a shop that I could explain my problems to and would listen to my isssues.
Good luck, Todd
Good luck, Todd
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