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Not Your Usual Tire Pressure Question.

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On my last set of tires the rear insides were wearing out faster. Obviously its because they had too much air in them, not the case. I figured it was because there is no weight in it. So my question is do you guys run less air in your rear tires to combat the situation? I just bought a new set of tires and don't want to wear out the inside tread so I'm thinking of running a little less air in the tire.

Eddie 70 Senior Enthusiast

Eddie 70

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I run about 38 lbs in mine and rotate them about every other oil change or so. They have been rotated twice since they were new and to me they look like they are still pretty much new. No uneven wear anywhere that I can tell.

oldmann Senior Enthusiast

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35 psi. Rotate every 9k. Really depends on how many ply, what tread, tire composition. Just try and look every week and adjust accordingly. Cheap tires will wear bad reguardless. Sucks they cost so much eh?

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On my last set of tires the rear insides were wearing out faster. Obviously its because they had too much air in them, not the case. I figured it was because there is no weight in it. So my question is do you guys run less air in your rear tires to combat the situation? I just bought a new set of tires and don't want to wear out the inside tread so I'm thinking of running a little less air in the tire.

 

If you had too much air the centers would wear, too little the outides. If you're getting just the inside wearing, that seems odd.... On the fronts it would be caused by the wheels tilted in on the top, or twisted back (so you're snow plowing). Not sure how that happens on a solid rear axle though....

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unless i need extra traction, i run 45 in the front and 38 in the rear. in the winter with snow (like now) I run 32 in the front and 28 in the rear. the reason i keep more proportionally in the rear in the winter is because i end up with 1000lbs of snow in the bed, lol.

 

my tires are wearing fine after 25,000 miles

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