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Old Oct 31, 2015 | 09:21 PM
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Lol. That wouldn't ruin the ties.
it will if they are way out of wack
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Old Oct 31, 2015 | 09:30 PM
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it will if they are way out of wack
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Old Nov 1, 2015 | 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by the01kingranch
No.
it moves the toe. And that has to do with the way the tire grips to the ground. It will wear the outsides if it's not right. It won't do it in 25 miles. But it will show a difference in the tire wear eventually.

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Old Nov 1, 2015 | 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Fordfan2006
Yeah we are going to get the alignment done the next day. We want to get it close so we don't ruin the tires going to the alignment shop ( like 25 miles from the garage )
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Lol. That wouldn't ruin the ties.
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it will if they are way out of wack

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it moves the toe. And that has to do with the way the tire grips to the ground. It will wear the insides and outsides if it's not right. It won't do it in 25 miles. But it will show a difference in the tire wear eventually.
What? Are you driving 25 miles or 2500 miles? I said it wouldn't ruin the tires if you drove 25 miles. It won't show difference in tire wear.
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Old Nov 1, 2015 | 12:15 AM
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What? Are you driving 25 miles or 2500 miles? I said it wouldn't ruin the tires if you drove 25 miles. It won't show difference in tire wear.
it's shown alittle wear in that amount when I changed the a arms. I had the alignment checked after and the guys that did it said the caster was perfect. But the toe wouldn't hold the adjustment. In 25 miles the tires were noticeably wearing. They moved the toe and that reduced the wearing issue
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Old Nov 1, 2015 | 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Ford Fan#1
it's shown alittle wear in that amount when I changed the a arms. I had the alignment checked after and the guys that did it said the caster was perfect. But the toe wouldn't hold the adjustment. In 25 miles the tires were noticeably wearing. They moved the toe and that reduced the wearing issue
I don't believe it. But ok. No way that 25 miles noticeably wear on tires. But ok
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Old Nov 1, 2015 | 12:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Ford Fan#1
it's shown alittle wear in that amount when I changed the a arms. I had the alignment checked after and the guys that did it said the caster was perfect. But the toe wouldn't hold the adjustment. In 25 miles the tires were noticeably wearing. They moved the toe and that reduced the wearing issue
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I don't believe it. But ok. No way that 25 miles noticeably wear on tires. But ok
I'm with the01kingranch... I've never heard of anyone havin problems in 25miles. People crank their torsion bars a crap load and drive for a week or two before an alignment and no issues, people on this forum are constantly fixing their own a arms, pitman arms, idler arms, tie rods etc and none of them have complained about ruined tires. If you had issues either the tires were bad before hand or you have some of the worst tires know to man lol
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Old Nov 1, 2015 | 12:45 AM
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Originally Posted by the01kingranch
I don't believe it. But ok. No way that 25 miles noticeably wear on tires. But ok
it was just chew marks if you know what that looks like.
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Old Nov 1, 2015 | 12:46 AM
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I'm with the01kingranch... I've never heard of anyone havin problems in 25miles. People crank their torsion bars a crap load and drive for a week or two before an alignment and no issues, people on this forum are constantly fixing their own a arms, pitman arms, idler arms, tie rods etc and none of them have complained about ruined tires. If you had issues either the tires were bad before hand or you have some of the worst tires know to man lol
probably worst tires known to man.. I hate them.
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