Excessive Wear on Outside Edge of Front Wheels

[rjones]

well my problems seemed to start when I noticed the bad r/h corner tie rod

 

[seafish]

I have heard that running the Centramatic or the Balance Master wheel balancers does help alot with cupping, asssuming that other front end parts are not worn and tire pressures are correct. In fact, IIRC, that is one of their main benefits.

 

[rbattelle]

could a bad tie rod cause that sever of a wear issue

Yes absolutely! A bad tie rod end that causes a major toe-in condition on one side will eat a tire in no time flat!



Ryan

 

[rscurtis]

You can't have a toe in on one tire, as the truck would be constantly in a turn. I would suspect that the left and right tires are working at much different caster angles, causing one to be toed in slightly while the different caster angles keep the truck going straight ahead.

 

[rbattelle]

You can't have a toe in on one tire, as the truck would be constantly in a turn.

I understand what you're saying, but it should be possible to toe one tire and then "compensate" for the resulting turning with the steering wheel. Truck would handle horribly, though.



I guess I can picture a badly worn and out-of-adjustment tie rod throwing one wheel way out of alignment and eating the tire.



Ryan

 

[rjones]

the wheel r/h side had at least 1 inch of play from the bad tie rod I only noticed the bad tie rod when I saw my new tire eaten up..... btw ball joints are good I checked those again last Saturday... ...

 

[Prairie Dog]

My truck is almost solely used for towing, I dont rotate but I do balance about every 20k miles and I have no wear problems. I replaced all tires as a set at 50k not becaue they were worn out but because they seem to have such poor traction in the rain.

Is it the pure life style I've lead that keeps me from having such problems?

 

[Skydiver]

My front tires also wear on the outside. 75% of the miles it is towing 5000 - 7500 lbs. Towing raises the front of the truck lessening the amount of inside tread coming in contact with the road. I load my trailers a little heavy on the front. With aggressive mudgrips on the rear standard rotating is not an option for me. I run 285/75/16 on the front @ 75 - 80 psi. After 20,000 miles I dis-mount front tires and flip them on the rim.