Have a strange tire wear problem on the wifey's 93 ZJ, the inner edges (almost inner 1/3rd) or the front tires are worn almost bare, This suggests a problem with the camber angle, in reading about this I have found that the camber on the ZJ is non-adjustable, any ideas what too look for prior to taking it into the alignment shop?
Ok so having the pax wheel (viewed from front) pointing out while the drivers wheel is straight will also cause this... well that's not too bad then... this is the reason I'm taking it in for an alignment.. toe out on the pax side...
Mine is also doing that and Steve from this group is coming over today to help with an alignment, rotate the tires and new wheel bearings on the one side that I think it needs. My one wheel is tilting out top and side and flopping a bit... Not bad, 6 years on this set turning 33's...
It would figure, for once I get the locking hubs holding on nice and tight with no issues and I need to rip them apart to repack the wheel bearings. Time to get the CJ7 all tightened back up. Might be heading to the east coast this year for a visit so need to be ready for 3000 miles or so.
Yes, when one wheel or the other is out of toe, you actually get some wear on both tires because the toe is divided between the two in order for the vehicle to go straight down the road. Once a tire wear pattern from it is set though, you don't get that rubber back, so the tires will continue to wear funny, and may get noisy, or start to pull, if the wear is bad enough. If the back tires are in better shape, I'd have all four balanced and then rotated. Tire wear changes the balance of the tire, an out of balance tire increases wear on the tire, and wear on related suspension components, and eventually, you "back side" once the out of balance condition starts to vibrate. Good luck man,
If you'd be so kind to provide the info on how to do this I'd appreciate it, pics would be great too, but a write will do. If its something I can do in a couple hours on a Saturday (about the only day the zj is in the drive) I'll give it a shot...
Snow... email is valid so can just send directly.. :)
My alignment has to wait a bit, found a smoked out spindle so just had to go pick up a used one. Not bad $20.00 and it came with a new axle bearing in it.
Also found 'another' dead freaking U-joint on my rear axle. Grr enough of those 'lifetime' pieces of junk. I will stick to the cheap greasable ones.
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