I have two steer tires with diff tread depths~!! emergency or what?

that feel you get from curves is due to sidewalls bending under stress and would have nothing to do with the difference in the treads some tire sidewalls give more than others .... if those tires are wearing even then alignment isnt a problem .....

 

Scrubbing and/or pushing while cornering could be the tandems being out of alignment. both axles need to be parallel to each other and properly aligned with the front end too. Had a Volvo daycab that barely made 90K from a set of steers. Driver always complaining. the other two didn't have any problems. Full alignment with replaced torque arms and the driver was happy and the tires lasted...

 

Slightly accelerate through the curve instead of coasting, try that. Have you checked air pressure in the steers?

 

I just took off steer tires that litterally has no tread left on them... Developed flat spots on the inside of the tires, man it was like driving a frickin tank down the highway ,death wobble from he'll...

 

Bad king-pins?

 

Yeah that's what I was thinking , the tire guy said that's probably what it was , I tell my company and my company don't want to fix it , it rides nice and smooth now , but it's their tires not mine.. Im not the one paying 1500 for 2 steer tires and a road call , ,..... Lazy bean counters

 

Listen to X1-- You can wear them down to 4/32 legally for a good reason; and if they were going to blow out at 4/32 or shortly thereafter, then why are you allowed 2/32 on the other tires? Age, seriously exceeding the weight rating or speed rating, and damage is what contributes to blowouts. Burn this thought process into your brain, all of you.....because you will need it some day in the next 20 years: When a steer tire blows, DON'T hit the brakes, hit the gas! You need forward momentum to overcome the side pull, so push that 80,000 pounds forward until you get it under control. Read X1's post again. It will save your life.