How will a rear shock cup the tire? Please explain how this happens on a solid leafsprung axle.

 

If it's just the idler pulleys, they are $5.00 parts and a ten minute fix. I had the same thing happen to me last month, except I got stuck on the side of the autobahn when I was trying to make a flight at the airport. Good thing I left early! The idler pulley is a relatively normal issue. Apparently they are made of plastic from the factory and tend to grenade themselves (thus, shredding the belt) around 70K.

*EDIT* It might only be that one of the idler pulleys is truly "bad" (probably the lower), but it's only smart to replace the other while you are at it with the belt off, anyway.

 

The tire bounces-even with a solid leaf spring. That's what shocks are for.
Gimme some chips, please

 

Bad shocks are detrimental to more than just tires. But yes bad shocks kill tires.

 

yeah- I left the part out, where shocks are responsible for:
severe stability loss (the faster the worse it gets)
breaking out in curves
longer brake way
higher force to all drive train and suspension components with damaging effect.( bearings, springs, brackets, mounts, body, drive shaft, transmission/axle/differential, etc...)
just to name some of them.
most people are not aware that 150 bucks for 2 shocks and 30 minutes invested manpower can prevent thousands of damage on the own vehicle and collateral damage (people, chehuahuas, squirrels, chicken, racoons-ok- I don't care about opossums, fences, trees, houses, other cars, etc...).
maybe if they know that they ran over the skunk because of the shocks is a wake up call...at least when the wife don't let you park in the garage after that...