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Hieneken49

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I have an 09 stock Z71 with the 17" wheels. i developed a rather loud thumping noise at 40mph, took it to the dealer and they said they tire is wore "funny".... i rotated them at 12000 miles and this noise developed on a long (700 mile) highway trip, had the tires rebalanced and it didnt help. Whats the real problem, i cant see the tire wearing funny all of a sudden while i was doing 80mph down the interstate for 12 hours. any ideas? i had them rotate the tires to the back so i cant feel the vibration in the front.

 

Jake

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it is possible that your tire is tread separating ... good to get it off the front, but maybe it should not be on the truck at all .. take it to another tire shop (.. or 2 or 3..) until you get an answer from someone that sounds like they know what they are talking about.... tires don't 'wear funny' unless there is something wrong with the suspension/alignment or something wrong with the tire..

 

.. and if this tire is a Firestone/Bridgestone ... then you just have to accept that this brand has a bad reputation for tread separation .... going back a lot of years ...

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You need to rotate your tires more than every 12k. Should be rotated every 6-7k miles.

 

My ATS's were wearing poorly on the front, but this was due to my laziness with the tire rotations. I also upped the tire pressure to 40psi in the front. This helped with poor tire wear as well.

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last tires i had were toyo's open country at's on my dodge that were rotated every 15k. they wore and drove perfectly. either these goodyear tires suck or there is an issue with my frontend.

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