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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 10:47 PM
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Hadmy truck aligned a while back. Everything was kosher. Now,I am noticing bad wear on my tires. It looks as if the camber is off,inside wearing. But,the outer edge is wearing at a faster pace. My truck is also shaking like a ***** in church. I looked today at work,nothing visually wrong. What could it be? My tires are original,with 92k miles. I was hoping to get another 10-12k out of them. The center tread is still good,so I am bummed.
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 02:01 AM
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if the tire pressure is low it will cause the tires to wear down the outsides of the tire
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 02:31 AM
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92,000 miles!? wow. I'd say you've had a good run with those. I had the same problem with wear on mine and it was a combo of a leaky tire(that i'd run too low on occasion). Lots of steering wheel shake from bad wear as a result.

I was also at 4wheel parts today getting my new tires put on and I mentioned I wanted an alignment because I was unsure if the alignment I had done after having my 2.5 inch leveling kit put in was done correctly. He asked if I had installed longer cam bolts when doing the alignment as it's necessary to accurately align after the lift. I had never heard of the cam bolts being mentioned but I had them put them on as he says it was needed. Don't want to trash my new shoes!
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 03:02 AM
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holy **** i thought you died motard! welcome back. how are the tie rods? did u feel anything or just look?
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 03:13 AM
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Originally Posted by motard1
My tires are original,with 92k miles.
you must have tires like the Flintsones did
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by 1996 Redneck F150
you must have tires like the Flintsones did
i was thinking the same thing. haa
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 07:32 AM
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this is an old thread from back in August, he's still not around.
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 11:01 AM
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I'm guessing he had to get his front end rebuilt. Control arms only last about 75K.
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Ruprecht
I'm guessing he had to get his front end rebuilt. Control arms only last about 75K.
huht hunt...he said tard
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 02:33 PM
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do you rotate your tires on a regular basis..
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