I can't say about the wear on the outside edge, but when my inside edges wore evenly on both front tires, the wisdom of the list directed me to replace my upper and lower ball joints and tie rod ends. That stopped the tire wear and improved the steering, which I didn't even realize was bad. Jim On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 7:09 AM, William Greenamyer <greenamyer@yahoo.com> wrote: > For a long time now, I noticed that the edges of the tires in the front > (1984 GL) wear much more than in the back. I never thought of asking about > this before because I assumed that it was probably something to do with the > alignment. On thinking about it now, alignment normally would wear one > side. The tires look like they have been run under inflated which can cause > the edge wear but I keep the tires really up on the pressure so I am > guessing it is something to do with the way turns are made. Wear is even on > the inside and outside edges of both front tires. Anyone have any other > input on this? > > William > |
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