Tow Vehicle - Front Tire Wear Issue
We tow a 2006 Jeep Liberty 4x4. I have noticed that after towing it, the Liberty's front tires rumble. So I've spun the tires on a balance machine and found only those two front tires have significa...
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ROn,
I'm thinking the suspension geometry of the jeep had enough caster in it that it really wants to stay in a straight line (making it very stable). The flip side of this is it doesn't want to change directions and you are forcing the direction change in the steering via an input from the wheel/tire assembly rather than the steering wheel. What I believe you are seeing on the tires is sometimes called scalloping. Once it starts, it keeps eating at the same spot in the tire making the worn spots worse. I have seen it on an E series van before. I don't think you can do much about it. As J-D said, the dingy forum may be a better place to ask the question. There may be more Liberty towers there.
I'm thinking the suspension geometry of the jeep had enough caster in it that it really wants to stay in a straight line (making it very stable). The flip side of this is it doesn't want to change directions and you are forcing the direction change in the steering via an input from the wheel/tire assembly rather than the steering wheel. What I believe you are seeing on the tires is sometimes called scalloping. Once it starts, it keeps eating at the same spot in the tire making the worn spots worse. I have seen it on an E series van before. I don't think you can do much about it. As J-D said, the dingy forum may be a better place to ask the question. There may be more Liberty towers there.
