Tire Wear Post Rc 2" Level Kit?

[darkfox1]

I did a lot of reading just now on a thread about 4 link and suspension angles and what not, trying to figure this one out on my own, I didn't see anything in my search results for this so..

 

SORRY! if it's already here.

 

I was just in the garage a minute ago ( I was on the phone and I tend to wander around the house when I'm on the phone.. wound up in there..)

 

and I noticed that my tires, after only having the leveling kit on the truck for about 900 miles, have noticable wear on the front tires on the outer most lip. The rears are still square but the fronts are starting to round off.

 

Do I have a problem? Is this common and can it be fixed? If no.. perhaps I should take this back off.. I just looked at a skyjacker 3" lift kit but you have to grind something off the diff to install it AND it's like $1900 so.. I don't know that I'll be doing that.

[JRLZ71]

Get an alignment... Anytime you mess with your suspension you should immediately get an alignment afterward.

[03blackz71]

I have no issue with mine. And I had mine on for about 3 years.

 

Sounds like the alignment is off. Or if they did an alignment, rotate the tires and watch the wear and go from there.

[Matt_]

... Needs an alignment.

 

If you had an alignment done, did they print out the spec sheet for you? Always ask for a copy of the spec sheet!

[fraiolib]

ive been told you should rotate the tires on these trucks every 3-4k miles

[Mazer18]

You did have an alignment right after the install; correct?

[darkfox1]

Yes, I had an alignment immediatley after I had this done.

 

I took it to kauffman tire to have it done. The toe was way out of whack. They gave me the sheet, there were a few items they said they "couldn't correct" because it was "not adjustable." they told me that the a-arms could not be adjusted and that that was what it needed, but that I shouldn't see any unusual wear from this.

[Matt_]

did you save the sheet? everything is adjustable.... i think they meant that they maxed out the adjustments to get it as close to spec as possible.... but if they only set your toe, you got ripped off.

 

and the other guy brought up a good point.... how long has it been since you rotated the tires?

 

even with a slightly out of spec alignment, only 900 miles shouldnt cause much tire wear.... your camber or toe would need to be way off to accelerate wear like that.

[Desert Lake]

Is this the case? You can't get the alignment back into spec after a level lift? I've been planning on doing one soon, but I don't want to deal with compromising on out of spec alignment. Hopefully one of you guys will chime in! I'm planning on going with Toyo MTs and at $280 a tire I would prefer they don't get trashed any faster than they have to.

 

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[dlewis1111]

Yes, I had an alignment immediatley after I had this done.

 

I took it to kauffman tire to have it done. The toe was way out of whack. They gave me the sheet, there were a few items they said they "couldn't correct" because it was "not adjustable." they told me that the a-arms could not be adjusted and that that was what it needed, but that I shouldn't see any unusual wear from this.

 

Did the shop install the "knockouts" so that the a arms can be adjusted? I would bet not hence the reason the shop told you they were not adjusted. Go by any dealer and pick up a set then go back to the alignment shop.

[Matt_]

Aaron,

 

ive never had an issue getting a truck with 2" or less within spec (sometimes caster would be a bit off but that wont wear tires). Over 2" its hit or miss.

 

i dont think we have enough info from the OP yet to determine whats actually going on.... just speculation right now.

[darkfox1]

All I have is a 2" RC level kit on the truck.

 

The post-alignment specs are listed as this:

 

FL: Camber -.5 deg, caster 2.4 deg, toe .01 in.

FR: Camber -.3 deg, caster 2.5 deg, toe .02 in.

 

The wear I'm seeing is minimal but noticeable. i've only been about 400 miles on the tires since this kit was installed.

 

The stock bridgestone duelers that come on the All terrain trucks has a pretty square edge where the tread meets the sidewall, on both front tires this edge is subtly rounded. the casting nubs that were left are still very present on the rear tires, but completely gone on both front tires.

 

the truck has close to 1700 miles on it at this point. The tires have never been rotated.

[darkfox1]

What is the part number for these "knock outs" and how can they be installed?

 

I installed the level kit and I took the truck to kauffman because I didn't want to go to a dealer and say HAY I MODIFIED MY SUSPENSION VOID MY WARRANTY K?

 

Kauffman, if you do have adjustable A-arms.. wants $90 extra plus the $80 for the alignment.. to actually do the alignment.

 

I did not read anything prior to buying this or installing it that I needed some special part from the dealer installed on my a-arms to make this work.

[Matt_]

you shouldnt need any extra parts.

 

take a look at your upper control arm mounts. are there platic pieces in the slots? if so... they didnt adjust them.

 

if you're not sure, post a pic of your front uca mount from the front side and the back uca mounts from the back side.

[Matt_]

did the printout they gave you give the target values?

 

i cant remember off the top of my head so i tried looking it up and it looks like +.25 is nominal for camber with a tolerance of +/- .5.... so being -.3 and -.5 is just out of the tolerance limits (and way off of nominal).

 

id look to see if it was even adjusted at all (i bet the plastic fillers are still in the control arm mount slots)