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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Bikeboy57 wrote:
I do not know how to view the other pictures, the links dead end for me.
Can you quantify, the tread wore quite a bit? 1/16, 1/2 or something else.
Would also mind posting what your corner weights were? Wouldn't hurt to have someone else confirm your tire pressures.
And I am totally confused, are you reacting to measured tire wear or the change in color in the photo?
Thank you for your reply. The different color appears to be a softer substrate and that was what concerned me.
The front weighed in at 2,700 lbs per each tire. The load information chart for 245/70R19.5 lists no values for less than 80 psi / 3640 lbs. My RV's weight is well below (25% below) that, I ran 90-95 psi and the tires still wore significantly more on the outer treads. (And it checked the gauges I used with another gauge.)
Just a FYI in case it helps others.
Thanks to all for your comments and tire information. It was a good learning experience.
