Unusual tire wear
The outer treads on my steer tires have apparently worn to enough to expose a different rubber compound. I wondered if anyone else has experienced this. The rest of the tread is excellent. The tire...
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zigzagrv wrote:
Generally speaking, over-inflation causes the center of the tire to wear and under-inflation the outside edges. The way to get the proper inflation is to weigh the axles, preferably the individual corners. This should get you in the ballpark of the proper tire pressures.
If both the inside and outside edges of the tire are worn, under-inflation is the problem. If just one edge is wearing, it is most likely an alignment problem.
All accurate info. What perplexes me (and may be of use to others) is that I weighed each wheel, and then used the charts for air pressure for that size tire. In fact I actually increased the air pressure over what the charts recommended but the tires still wore much faster on the outer treads. My guess: the chart was wrong or this particular tire construction makes the outer tread wear down prematurely
