Tire wear on front drives.

Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by SavageChopper, Nov 11, 2014.

  1. SavageChopper

    SavageChopper Bobtail Member

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    My friends Volvo has a weird wear pattern on the front drives inside tires. The inside tread is easily 3/8 inch lower than the rest of the tire. Tire pressure is the same on all drives. Any ideas what would cause this? The other tires are wearing normally.
     
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  3. RSQ20

    RSQ20 Medium Load Member

    Camber/caster and Toe

    In short wheel alignment..

    ... Philip
     
  4. SavageChopper

    SavageChopper Bobtail Member

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    It's not the steer tires, but the inside tires on the front duals. The inner most tread is worn lower than the rest of the tread. Both inside tires are showing the same wear. Sorry for the confusion.
     
  5. haulhand

    haulhand Road Train Member

    It could indicate a bearing problem or it could just be the way the tires wear. I run continentals, GT's, and double coins on my trucks and they all wear that way. If I run Bridgestone's or Michelin's they don't wear near as bad on the inside.
     
  6. RSQ20

    RSQ20 Medium Load Member

    Measure for a bent axle, worn inner bearing on the crown/pinion

    ... Philip
     
  7. GrapeApe

    GrapeApe Road Train Member

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    Double check bearings, inside wear can be from loose bearings or a best axle. If it were the bearings and it's worn that much, you usually go through axle gaskets as well. It could just be the tires, we had a set of continental drives do that as well with no problem found. It was only the inside edge up to the 1st groove. The tire wasn't tapered, just that tread was wearing down twice as fast as the rest of the tire. Continental adjusted the tire cost and the problem never came back, so it must have been a crappy batch of rubber. It was only 2 tires out of 8 that did it.
     
  8. SavageChopper

    SavageChopper Bobtail Member

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    That's exactly how his tires are wearing, no taper just the inner groove wearing. He's not losing fluid, so I didn't think it was a seal. He's getting an alignment soon just to be sure.
     
  9. Ezrider_48501

    Ezrider_48501 Road Train Member

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    suspension bushings maybe
     
  10. TruckingSurveyor

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    Could be the rear shocks too, the Volvo I drive was having lots of drive tire wear, shop diagnosed it to bad shocks causing it and they were shot, new shocks, new tires and a three axle alignment and the problem seems cured so hard to say on the shocks, but they were bad, so maybe that was it, alignment wasn't that bad...

    TS
     
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