on one of my rubicons i didnt rotate the tires properly and as a result every other side lug wore down considerably creating unbearable road noise. the tires on my current rubicon werent rotated properly and they also have every other lug worn considerably creating that same unbearable noise. in fact, when you cant hear yourself think it spoils the fun of driving a jeep.
the point in this post is trying to understand why every other lug wears out. ideas/thought?
thanks,
Tractor tires do the same thing. Unless the tire is purely symetrical there is always uneven wear as one section of the tread is just a teeny bit less surface area than the other. Once one lug is a bit worn the tire then hops to the next one, etc.
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Nate, I can't figure the dynamics of it, but every time I've seen the alternate wear (cupping) pattern the cure was a GOOD alignment and some combination of shocks, ball joints, and/or tie rod ends. I can see where the ball joints or tie rod ends could give that pattern. I'll be damned if I can see how shocks on a solid axle could do it - but experience says it will. Frequent rotation and balance also seems to help a lot.
I worked in tire shops for years way back when and the scalloping is usually either caused by bad shocks or a bad wheel balance allowing a harmonic vibration to set up in the tire. It is an inside outside balance thing if I remember correctly.
Those MTR's also wear out really fast compared to say a BFG.
Mike
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