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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spotrot wrote:
Thank you for the comment - very interesting. My take-away from that is to inflate the tires substantially more than the chart and then rotate the tires from front to back.
It is still surprising to me that while all of six tires measure 13/32s on all four tread grooves, the steer tires have just the edges of the outer tread significantly scrubbed off, particularly the left outer on one and the right inner on the other. Perhaps those 2 long drive days fighting a very strong cross wind did that damage.
Possible.
But your first post talked about the wear revealing a different rubber compound. Someone mentioned posting a photo - and that is a good idea.
But I can tell you that some tire manufacturers use what is called a "Sidewall over Tread". This is where the sidewall is applied last in the building process.
When the tire wears, the sidewall will appear as a small sliver on the outermost rib. Perhaps that is what you are seeing?
