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Old 04-10-2013, 03:30 AM
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So Both of my front tires are wearing on the outside edges.. and my passengers side has belts showing.. But when i jack the truck up and check the ball joints and wheel bearing everything is tight.. i have a bad u-joint on the drivers side.. but other than that everything is tight and nice.. What would cause this kind of tire wear..


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How's your alignment, ball joints, tie rods, shocks? And what tire pressure are you running?
 
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toe in. get an alignment.

if the belts are showing, its time for new tires. don't push it too far.
 
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Ohh i realize the alignment is off.. but all the suspension components are near new with under 3000 miles on them.. is there a chance someone had it aligned with the plow on?? it was a plow truck and only a plow truck in its previous life. The only problem with the front end is the drivers side bad u-joint.

Shocks are brand new along with brand new 1-ton diesel front springs from MOOG.
Ball joints are MOOG tie rods I don't know who makes them.
Stock tire pressure by door frame sticker.. only difference is it has 11 ply tires on it right now
 
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Bad suspension components can throw off an alignment.

Time to take her in for an alignment. If the rest of the parts are new maybe you'll get by just needing an alignment and not a bunch of new parts
 
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Originally Posted by dhvaughan
toe in. get an alignment.

if the belts are showing, its time for new tires. don't push it too far.

+1, Mine is doing the same thing. Probably from the 2" lift spacers.

And to check the tie rod's, leave the truck on the ground and have someone rock the steering wheel back and forth, while you look underneath.
 
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Also, put more air in your tires, especially your fronts. Your left front looks almost 20 psi low compared to the rest.

And get some bigger tires too. Man up dude!
 
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Also, put more air in your tires, especially your fronts. Your left front looks almost 20 psi low compared to the rest.

And get some bigger tires too. Man up dude!
lol picking on my stock tires lol.. believe it or not those are 11 ply and the correct factory size.. doesn't help the trucks lifted and has 3" fender flares.. but these should help that issue

 
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285's would look nice.
 
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Originally Posted by dodge dude94
285's would look nice.

they have 275/60/R20's on them but two need replacing bad so i am just going to do all four.. not sure that 285's will fit the 275s are close close but i'm going to drive it to the mechanic with the 16's and belts showing and change the tires in her yard and have her align it.
 


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