Strange tire wear
Have a set of 305/55/20 Mickey Thompson ATZ P3 tires on my 2012 Duramax. They have been a great tire and are approaching 25k mi. I noticed as of late the tires are getting a bit loud when coming to ...
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Looks like cupping to me and have experienced both feathering and cupping
on my trucks.
Mostly AT/Mud/etc tread. Highway tread does not have this happen often
Feathering is from mis-alignment and/or hard driving. Where the tread
squirms to scrub off the leading edge...leaving behind the trailing edge
Cupping has the leading edge with a tail and cuts down the trailing
edge
Suggest first getting an alignment and note that there are differences
for the type of tire.
Second rotate your tires and a criss cross pattern best for managing
cupping. I rotate mine every 5K-7K miles, including the spare
Third get higher rated ($$$) shocks. Any of the HD ($$$) or higher
This shows both in one image
This is extreme cupping...left un-rotated for a long time
This is how/why it cups
Cupping
on my trucks.
Mostly AT/Mud/etc tread. Highway tread does not have this happen often
Feathering is from mis-alignment and/or hard driving. Where the tread
squirms to scrub off the leading edge...leaving behind the trailing edge
Cupping has the leading edge with a tail and cuts down the trailing
edge
Suggest first getting an alignment and note that there are differences
for the type of tire.
Second rotate your tires and a criss cross pattern best for managing
cupping. I rotate mine every 5K-7K miles, including the spare
Third get higher rated ($$$) shocks. Any of the HD ($$$) or higher
This shows both in one image
This is extreme cupping...left un-rotated for a long time
This is how/why it cups
Cupping
