Tire wear question

[Matt]

I personally recommend the rearward cross for lifted 4x4 vehicles, especially ones like ours that are hard to keep the alignment within spec due to the types of lifts we run.

The rearward cross is the best at mitigating tire wear associated with alignments that are at the edge of their spec range by putting each tire at every point on the vehicle. So say your right-front camber is a bit off, well with the rearward cross a tire will only see that position 25% of the time whereas if you go with the x-pattern it will be there 50% of the time.

[Sal-XK]

I used the tire wear as an excuse to say I needed the track bar LOL

[Matt]

I used the tire wear as an excuse to say I needed the track bar LOL

It's not beyond possible man. Not from a load standpoint as much as a crab-walk standpoint. If the axle is being pulled too far to the driver side then the rear will try shifting back to the passenger side as you're driving to following the front (basically the vehicle always tries to "square" itself). Did the driver side tire wear more on the inner tread? (that would indicate the axle is trying to shift right while driving)

... i just don't see that being enough of an issue on these vehicles to cause noticeable wear after only 6k miles. Spinning the main drive tire (RR) on rocks while offroading seems a lot more probable to me.

BUT.. it's better safe than sorry, so i recommend you get that adjustable track bar *wink wink*

[cico7]

I missed that it was rear tire, but if you cross, you put the inside sidewall on the outside.
If you have blackwall tires, may not be an issue. If one side is whitewall you will look funny......

[Matt]

I missed that it was rear tire, but if you cross, you put the inside sidewall on the outside.

lol... brain fart?

The outside tread is always the outside tread regardless of where you mount the tire on the vehicle.

The only way to change this is to dismount the tire and flip it over on the wheel

Edit: think about it.. does that mean if you cross the tires then you'll see the back of the wheel instead of the front?

[cico7]

No Matt, if you rotate the wheel, you change the direction of rotation. If you have directional tires,
you change the flow of the tread. Originally, you had to keep radial tires going the same way.
That is no longer true. Directional tires are still built to rotate one way.

lol... brain fart?The outside tread is always the outside tread regardless of where you mount the tire on the vehicle.The only way to change this is to dismount the tire and flip it over on the wheel
Edit: think about it.. does that mean if you cross the tires then you'll see the back of the wheel instead of the front?

[Sal-XK]

I thought Rusty's had a JKS track bar that worked too?

That's who I was thinking of. They made a track bar for there 4" lift.

No Matt, if you rotate the wheel, you change the direction of rotation. If you have directional tires,
you change the flow of the tread. Originally, you had to keep radial tires going the same way.
That is no longer true. Directional tires are still built to rotate one way.

I see so my taking the front right and putting it to the left rear your changing which direction the tire spins in. I'm guessing my tires are directional tires do to the tread pattern I'll have to look.

[cico7]

...I see so my taking the front right and putting it to the left rear your changing which direction the tire spins in. I'm guessing my tires are directional tires do to the tread pattern I'll have to look.

If you dismount the tire and turn it around you can keep the same direction;however,
you would have the other side of the tire on the outside.
Back to you Matt-

[Sal-XK]

I'm pretty sure someone here ordered the rusty's track bar one of the WK guys I think.

[hoaxci5]

I think Nathan (Omelet) has one.