bobn4burton

Hey, I just saw this reply and you've given me a slight bit of hope!!! I've just been living with the issue for the last couple of years. I think my case is more medium. I surprisingly got 68k miles out of my nitto trail grapplet m/t tires. But it bugs me every time I turn and I can just feel the tension in everything. So I'm not necessarily a guru when it comes to lifts/suspension/etc. If I understand your post correctly, all you had to do was lift the front end a little higher (1.75") and that fixed your issue? How exactly did you lift your front end the 1.75"? (maybe it's obvious and pardon my ignorance) Did you have to add any parts? Was it just an adjustment on existing parts? Other? If this actually works...then send me your info and I'll donate some money to you for your time in helping the community!!

Will Fabtech supply the gen2 lift for free? Seems like they should as it is obviously a design flaw with gen1 lifts and 2014+ trucks... Of course, then there is the issue of labor... Would you have to replace the whole system? Or are there key components that could just be swapped for gen2 versions?

As I mentioned back on the first page. I too have the same problem. I don't think mine is quite as bad as yours...but still the same problem. I think my tires are showing about the same amount of wear as yours...but I'm at 20k instead of your 12k. Please post all info you get...I'm thinking this has to be a fabtech issue (either general flaw with Gen1 system and 2014+ truck styles...or maybe a manufacturing tolerance defect that just shows up on some trucks and with varying degrees). Also...just a thought on your comment above... To buy myself some time until we all get this figured out, I had all my tires taken off the rims and put back on backwards so all my insides are now my outsides. This let me keep a true alignment but stop the excessive wear and shift the wear to the other edge. I figured this would even out the wear a bit and it seems to be working pretty well so far. Worked good for me because I have nitto trail grapplers and so the tires are reversible...

Justin, That's quite funny that we both posted at almost the exact same time...haha. Do you happen to know if you have a gen1 or gen2 lift? I had to call the dealer that initially installed my lift and get some of the part numbers and then call Fabtech for them to tell me which version of lift the part numbers matched up to. I'm curious if this problem is limited to gen1 lifts or if it occurring on gen2 lifts as well. If only on gen1, I fear that there were more issues involved (than simply the lift was a little taller and not a true 6" lift) with the lift kit for 2014+ trucks that made fabtech design a second gen. If that's the case, there may not be an easy fix. If on both gen1 and gen2, then I'm hopeful that there could possibly be some type of tweak that could help??

only1adam12, Did you ever figure out what the issue is?? I think I am having the exact same issue. I have a 2014 GMC with 6" Fabtech lift. I bought the truck used a couple months ago and noticed the wear on outer edges of tires. I had the guy get an alignment before I bought the truck and he did and said the alignment was pretty close but slightly out on toe. So I figured this was likely the problem and didn't give it a second thought. Since then, I've noticed that I get that same pattern of wear on the outside of tire where there are almost perpendicular scratches on the tread...and the wear even rolls down the edge of the tread a little on the outside...just like the picture you posted. I also noticed when turning sharp, I get that same pattern on the road where I'm only seeing the outer edge of tire tread mark...so the tire is riding on that outside edge in turns. I had alignment checked and they said it was right on factory specs. So it must be similar to what you are seeing... I called Fabtech trying to figure out exactly which model of lift I have and they said it was a gen1 lift and they have a revised lift now which would be gen2. They said there was nothing wrong with the gen1 lift but that it ended up being closer to 7 or 7.5" lift on the 2014+ body styles. So they tweaked a gen2 version for 2014+ which is a true 6" lift. A couple questions for you: 1. Have you found what is causing the problem yet? Any fixes? 2. Do you know if you have a gen1 or gen2 fabtech 6" lift? The truck has about 19k miles right now and the previous owner had these put on from the beginning. I'm going to have the tires reversed so that hopefully I can start to even out the wear a little...but would really like to find a fix for the issue.