Tire wear-Front versus rear/no dually

[WatsonJ]

I've been all over this website and can't seem to find a consensus

on the issue of which wears faster, the fronts or rears.

1. The fronts wear faster than the rears due to engine weight

and steering.

2. The rears wear faster due to torque.



My "problem". I just bought a 2000 2500 2wd S/B with

23,000 miles. The tires are Michelin 265/75R16 LTX A/S.

80 psi max. (I assume these are the stock OEM tires)



I do not know if the tires have ever been rotated, but the fronts

have much more wear than the rear. If I rotate now, and the

rears wear faster then the fronts, then I am compounding

the problem.



I've had four sets of Michelin LTX's on previous trucks and always

got 70,000 miles from them. :

 

[LSMITH]

My rear tires wear at an alarming rate sometimes, but under normal circumstances just cruising down the road the rears still wear faster on my truck.

 

[boatpuller]

I know my truck is older technology but the rears wear quicker than the fronts, even when not testing out the new B. O. M. B. 's Like LSMITH mine can wear at a very alarming rate sometimes, you can actually see the rubber in the air



Caleb

 

[HBarlow]

My fronts wear on the outside edges (steering input) and the rears tend to wear evenly across the tread or in the centers if I neglect to deflate when not carrying tongue weight. The rears wear faster than the fronts, apparently due to slippage caused by the torque of the mighty Cummins.



Until recently I rotated all six every 5k miles and the tires wore evenly. Once I passed 55k I quit rotating and I can see the wear patterns described above with 65k on the tires.



Harvey

 

[MCummings]

On my 3500, I usually do about 2 sets of rear tires for every set of front tires,, I don't rotate the tires, but I do drag race and other stuff,, Sometimes it's hard to keep all the 450 horses in their stable,, gotta let 'em run out and be free,



(See readers rigs)



Merrick Cummings Jr

 

[BV]

The 92 and the 99 both had limited slip rears which I think contribute to more wear on the back pair. They seem to scuff off in corners - Not much but a little.

 

[Wiredawg]

Tire Pressure/Rotation

Rotate the tires. I think running ther proper air pressure and rotating the tires is real important. The rears only wear faster if you run too much air in them or get lead footed.



I had a 2000 2500 4X4 that I bought with almost 12K on the odometer. The rears were worn a lot more than the fronts cuase the previous owner ran 80 lbs in them. I rotated the tires and ran them 10K miles then every 5K miles there after. Had 56K when I traded for my 3500 and looked to get at least 70K out of the set. I ran 65 pounds in the front and 45 pounds in the rears.



Wiredawg

 

[jmadden]

Running the stock LTX A/S tires there was a somewhat noticeable, but not huge, difference in wear around 50k... having never rotated the tires (rear wearing faster). Rotated them at that time... by 86k the wear had not evened back out. The now on front had about 3/32nds of tread... the now on rears had about 4. 5/32nds left. Finally replaced them at that point as a PM activity and kept the 2 best for spares.



jm

 

[DSteinel]

I run Goodyear Workhorses and the front tires are wearing much faster than the rears. I keep 55psi in all the tires , the rears are wearing evenly and the fronts are cupping. the truck has 41k on it and I tow very very heavy and still the back tires are fine

 

[rrausch]

My fronts always have worn more than the rears. I run 80 psi most of the time with any kind of load. When I have lowered the pressure to below 60 my Michelins wear unevenly. I'm running them on stock steel rims.

 

[JerryB]

My rears have always worn faster than the fronts

 

[rrausch]

It's a mystery!



I got just over 70,000 miles on 2 my last set of Michelins, (I'm still running the other 2), and would have gotten more had I not had a worn out Idler arm and a worn out pitman arm. I greased them every 5,000 too. I might have missed 1 or 2 greasings, but that is all.