Theres no camber adjustment on the rear tires.
If it was the front tire, the 100% alignment.... but:
Originally Posted by Sal-XK
Theres no camber adjustment on the rear tires.
If it was the front tire, the 100% alignment.... but:
I didn't notice anything unusual when I rotated the tire to the rear. I thought the tire rotation for all wheel drive was just front to rear? So your saying I was suppose to be crisscrossing just the front to the rear and move the rear straight up?
Yeah, you should be crossing the fronts when you bring them to the rear. The front tires get feathered from taking the loads while turning whereas the rear tires are just "following" the fronts. When you cross them to the rear it smooths out any feathering caused from being on the front.
Ok I'll give that a try in about 6k miles
I agree with Matt. Try the crossing thing and see how that goes. Can't hurt that's for sure.
You speak of the track bar to bring the rear axle back to center. I know mine is off about an inch maybe??? I wonder if the rear axle being off caused the tire to wear like so because of weight distribution? I know you carry a lot of stuff in the back so could the weight have more pressure on the inside part of the tire b/c the rear axle was shifted to one side some? Probably not....IDK.
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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.
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*
Nope all three other tires looked great as usual. Like I said these tires have been wearing perfectly even the entire time. So I'll go with off road damage on this one but the track bar is needed to fix the problem LOL
The track bar being too short limits proper flex and accelerates the offroad wear... (sounds good! order up that fix)
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