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- From: mcostell@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Malcolm G. Costello)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Front-wheel drive tire wear
- Message-ID: <22993@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 16:33:01 GMT
- References: <1992Jul30.123033.11908@brtph560.bnr.ca>
- Reply-To: mcostell@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Malcolm G. Costello)
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- Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD
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- In rec.autos.tech, mjsutton@bnr.ca (Michael Sutton P025) writes:
- >The front tires on my 90 Dodge Caravan have worn out on the inside edges.
- >The tires are basically bald on the inside and have developed scalloped
- >areas. Prior to this extreme wear condition I noticed an uneven surface
- >on the inside edges; periodic bumps in the tire surface.
- >
- >I've heard that front wheel drive cars typically wear on the inside
- >edges, and my other front-wheel drive car does wear-out first in this
- >area.
- >
- >I've got about 37K miles on the tires. I rotated them about every 8-9K
- >miles.
- >
- >Do I have an alignment problem or just worn-out tires?
- I would think it's an allignment problem. I have a 1988 Grand Caravan.
- I rotated the tires *once* at about 10k. I had to replace the tires
- due to an accident at about 41k but the tread wear was nice and even.
- It's never a bad idea to do a front end allignment when you replace
- tires anyway and some shops will give you a "deal" on the package.
- In addition, and I'm not sure about this, the scallops may be due to
- worn shock/struts?. I know that some tire stores have displays showing
- certain wear patterns and what caused them so that's one way to check.
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