Anyone experienced front tire wear like this? Pictures attached.
Discussion in 'Expediter and Hot Shot Trucking Forum' started by crocky, Oct 18, 2021.
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Either you have a roundness issue or the shocks are not doing there job. Might be a god idea to have the tire shop match the high low spots on the tire and wheel when they mount the new tires, I once had a truck that would do this on the rear tires if I didn't rotate them from side to side..
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I was toying with tossing them on the rear axle as singles and jacking up it off the ground a bit and doing some burnouts to re-round them again.. but regardless I need to figure out why it's doing it in the first place. -
Check wheel bearing adjustment, centering pins to align wheel to hub. Stop turning so fast. And lose the Goodyear GSA's. They are junk now. Unless you run them out on drives.
Don't buy the cheap China tires, the are not round.Lite bug, Goodysnap and Midwest Trucker Thank this. -
If it’s a brand new truck then maybe you just got a bad set of tires? Are the shocks warm after driving for a while? If cold then replace shocks.
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They came equipped on the truck, but what other tires should I run? I kinda thought GY's were in the higher end for 19.5's I'm going to rotate them to the back, but it'd be nice to sort out exactly what the cause is, so I don't ruin another pair.Last edited: Oct 19, 2021
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One thing of interest though, is GM in all their wonder opted NOT to put shocks on the rear axle of these trucks. Meaning the rear is just leaf springs no shocks. The front is a straight axle with leaf springs & does have shocks. -
Used to manage a fleet of wreckers. All the medium duties came new with GY. One tire I found was Michelin. Tried all of them. Get a thermal temp gun to check shocks, jack up and check wheel bearing play. Align wheel to hub. That was the biggest issue I had. But those are finished as steer tires.
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