Tire wear and causes wisdom needed
I've searched a lot on here yesterday and it seems I have one of a few problems...bent axle, bent spindle, bad suspension parts, bad wheel bearing, or a **** tire. Pretty much covers all the options....
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Lynnmor wrote:
When you place a straight edge across the tires, do they line up? This is a rough check, but might answer your question.
I didn't get a chance to do this, but plan to tomorrow before I put on the spare to take it to be looked at. I also plan on wiggling the wheel after it's jacked up to see if wheel bearings could be an issue.
Looks like alignment. Do the springs still have a good arc?
You can verify the axles are square to the hitch. After that it is probably a bent axle. If you are considering new axles I would probably go up on load rating.
I'll check the springs. When I was looking around, I didn't notice anything odd - they seemed to have the same arc as the other side, but I'll look closer and double check.
According to keystone, they are 7000lb axles. If I understand correctly...I have a gross of 16, 000lbs on the camper, the hitch weights 3000-3300lbs, that means the axles 'should' equal the difference = 13, 000lbs, which these do (albeit barely). I thought I read somewhere that upgrading to an 8000lb axle could create issues with weight regulations and GVR, but perhaps I am remembering wrong....
