Anybody seen this before?

I have a set of Firestone’s doing the exact same thing. The right one worse than the left. The right also had more run out than the left the day they were put on. Southern tire says nothing they can do.....I feel like it’s a balance out of round issue

 

I forgot to mention. I do use centrametrix rings on my steers two. They are limited by the diameter of the ring, though - in case the off balance is too big they may not be enough. Otherwise, I still like to believe that they are doing the job of balancing.

You could try balancing beads too but after I bought two bags of them I decided to abort the idea because I became concerned that those little, almost microscopic beads might chew up the inside of the tire and the rim...I think that throwing a handful of golf balls might do the balancing job too. Was it not what the old timers used to do?

 

Dismount them and inspect on the inside. I bet that it is happening at the belt splice. If so you will see it on the liner from the inside it will run diagonally instead of radially across from side to side.

The only other thing that causes this is impact damage. Some brand models cannot take impacts as good as others.

 

Forgot to mention use a bright light when inspecting to see the abnormalities.

 

Usually I see that on my trailer tires.
When I used to have strange wear on my steers, I would rotate sides. At the least, deflate, break bead, rotate and reinflate.

If it reappears in another spot you have a mechanical problem. If not, just run the tire out.

I also replaced all springs, bushings, shocks, bearings. Pretty much all suspension parts on truck than have a total alignment and replace shocks once a year.
I rarely have any tire issues anymore on truck. Steers have balance rings.

 

For some reason Volvos don't like any other tires besides 16 ply Michelina.

 

Yea after trying different brands Bridgestones seem to do the best on our Cascadias.

I don't think one brand works for all applications.

I won last month's steer tire give away too. But they give you Yoko's. That's what my first truck came with, and I only got about 100K out of them.

3 axle alignment(s) seem to be essential. Only $225.