Leveling with air bags correctly
After reading forums I did what they said. I think all that I have read have been COMPLETELY wrong. I don't mean to offend anyone, and I'm sure maybe this was mentioned already buried in long string...
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^ This does seem perplexing since you said the tread feathering stopped when you adjusted to "loaded" rear susp height or level vs unloaded rear height.
1. Becasue your truck was aligned presumably at "unloaded" rear height.
2. Becasue it shouldn't make one bit of difference especially on a solid axle truck.
3. Because it never felt out of alignment. Yet the tire wear changed.
I presume the steering components are/were healthy. No excessive play in ball joints/tie rods.
Having lived in the mountains and in places with straighter roads, Mountian driving absolutely chews up tires quicker and the effect was/is outside tread feathering.
Living in CO mountains with daily commutes on winding highways, multiple trucks, both IFS and solid axle, I'd rotate tires pretty regualrly to keep them wearing ok and sometimes flip the tires on the rim to wear the "other half" of the tire out becasue the outside would wear considerably more than the inside. I attribute this to doing 50-70 mph up and down the highway every day with many sweeping and tight curves.
Never seen this type of wear elsewhere.
1. Becasue your truck was aligned presumably at "unloaded" rear height.
2. Becasue it shouldn't make one bit of difference especially on a solid axle truck.
3. Because it never felt out of alignment. Yet the tire wear changed.
I presume the steering components are/were healthy. No excessive play in ball joints/tie rods.
Having lived in the mountains and in places with straighter roads, Mountian driving absolutely chews up tires quicker and the effect was/is outside tread feathering.
Living in CO mountains with daily commutes on winding highways, multiple trucks, both IFS and solid axle, I'd rotate tires pretty regualrly to keep them wearing ok and sometimes flip the tires on the rim to wear the "other half" of the tire out becasue the outside would wear considerably more than the inside. I attribute this to doing 50-70 mph up and down the highway every day with many sweeping and tight curves.
Never seen this type of wear elsewhere.
