Dinghy front tire wear

Another possibility occurred to me: warped rotor.

Tires that came on my jeep liberty that I towed had same problem. Wore spots in, could never keep tires balanced for long. I drove my jeep dealert to drink with my complaints. They alligned the front end and balanced my tires numerous times for no charge. Finally the tech that was doing most if not all the work came to me and said" if you buy new tires your problems will go away. I bought new tires, not goodyear and never had another problem. In fact I wore out two more sets of tires without any reoccurence. None were goodyear

"ginagary".....What does your hitch look like? Are you using drop down hitches, extensions for the tow bar, etc. My sister bought a new coach and had to add several components to get everything down to the proper height. On their first trip, as I followed, they Jeep was moving side to side a lot. It didn't do that before on their previous coach where they didn't need extensions and drop hitches.

Make sure all of your hitch components are locked up tight and not moving around. Roadmaster makes a "U" bolt shaped lock for keeping the hitch equipment quiet and from moving around. A 1/4" - 1/2" side to side slop at the hitch can translate to a lot of side by side movement by the Jeep. Get someone to follow you.

rgatijnet1 wrote:
Flat spots?
Are you sure that your braking system is not locking up the wheels occasionally?

X2 this makes sense to me. Any glitches by chance?

Don't know about your flat spots but I do get a bit of extra wear on the outside thread of the front on my toad. I assume its just scuffing when the toad is asked to turn when following the RV .

I would check shocks like mentioned. Question. Have you ever backed up even the slightest amount when towing? If so, you could have bent or damaged something. I tow a Jeep Wrangler and never a problem.

How are the shocks on the front?

Also, When stopped, if you ever crank the front wheels of the RV before taking off, you are dragging the front of the toad sideways until the wheels start rolling.

Its best to always start straight and then turn the wheel.

ginagary,
We've towed 8 different Jeeps for over 30 years and as of yet, yet to have any tire issues what so ever. I've read on here and, a couple other forums about tire issues on Jeeps when towing. I think it's an extremely rare condition as, about 99.9% of the folks towing them don't experience any problems.

Now, as you yours, since it is a rare problem, it's pretty hard to diagnose your exact cause. You say it's been aligned. Well, that sort of takes that out of the equation. I don't think tire balance could be the problem but, you never know with these darn Jeeps so, if you haven't done it, I'd head on down to your local tire dealer and have them checked for both balance and, "run-out". Run-out is, the tire being out of round or, like an egg shape.

Could that be your problem, well, not sure but, not likely. You say your tire condition is "Flat spots". Do you mean "cupping" or, multiple odd shaped spots, all the way around the tire(s) or, do you mean flat spots as in only on one section of the tire(s).

How is your tow bar angle? Is it close to fairly level when hooked up to the coach? Not that, that makes all that much difference in any sort of tire wear. We're presently towing an '03 Rubicon and our difference is about 6". I know, I know, (for all you "PERFECT" tow bar angle police out there)that, that is not the optimum and, sooner or later, I'll get around to correcting that situation.

But, as long as the OP has the steering unlocked (if his year model has a steering lock), the transfer case in neutral which, I'm assuming he/she knows all this and, is doing things correctly, and, as stated, has had the Jeep correctly aligned, tires balance, checked for out-of-roundness, and all steering components, tie-rods, drag link, panard bar connections, shocks, wheel bearings etc. are in good shape, then I'm at a loss too as, like stated, we've towed many of them and have never had or experienced any odd tire issues.

Good luck and please post what you find out, if you do, what the problem was/is.
Scott

Flat spots?
Are you sure that your braking system is not locking up the wheels occasionally?

Could be other things. Alignment of front end. Did the problem occur after your alignment?

Sticky brake caliper. Defect in tire from factory.

4WD hub could have a hitch in it due to dirt, lubrication problem, broken part.

Is the problem manifested in one tire or both?