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Front tire wear on all F150's?

Old 08-15-2010, 08:43 AM
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Post Front tire wear on all F150's?

Does this happen to all of your F150's?
My '08 front tires (on both sides) are wearing heavily on the "outside" of the tread.
It might only need a front end alignment but being on both sides I have to question why.
I would prefer not to pay the going rate for the alignment if this is a typical thing.
Old 08-15-2010, 08:50 AM
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wear on both sides is generally accepted as an indication of UNDERinflation
Old 08-15-2010, 10:56 AM
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I had the same thing, mine end up being warped rotors. I had the alignment checked and I checked and recheck the tire pressures. i knew the rotors where warped and wanted to fix the tire wear problem while changing the rotors and after i installed the new rotors, i rotated the tires and the wear issue was gone. Then i bought a new set of tires.
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Mine did same thing, was my ball joints going bad. Thatd be the first thing id look into.
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My truck only has 12,200 miles on it. It is a '08. Rarely do you see tires that look next to new on a 2 year old truck. I didn't take notice of the tire wear because I was pretty impressed that the tires looked new. I didn't know if was the only one with a positive camber issue.

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Old 08-16-2010, 07:46 PM
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My 2008 AWD HD F150 was eating the outside right front tire when I bought it with 12000 miles on it.I had it realigned and problem solved..
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Just sold a set of tires. The front 2 were worn much more than the rear.
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mine were worn horribly when i got the truck (used) the alignment was bad and it appeared it was that way from the factory. ive since had it aligned and a new set of tires installed and they are wearing great. also regular tire rotations are very important to keep tire wear even from front to back.
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Suggetions:
  1. Check the alignment
  2. Rotate every oil change
  3. Make sure properly inflated
  4. Stop taking corners so fast
If all those check out and you still notice issues, then you may need to look into other items like the ball joints, etc.
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Looky here, baby. You're hittin' them corners too goddamn fast. You need to slow this mother****er down, you understand? I almost spilled my 'yak on this $200 suit

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