Alignment or Camber or Caster?

[scott26]

I have the 2" level kit on my truck and have noticed the outer edge of the tires on the front end are wearing much faster than the inner ends, over a period of about 15,000 miles. The research I have done so far is leading me to believe it is a positive camber issue?

 

I have taken it back to the original alignment shop and they said everything was good and in line are they feeding me BS? They are trying to say it is just the cheap OEM tires that came with the truck from the lot.

 

Oh another question is if it is the camber and it needs to be adjusted should I also do an aggressive alignment to save what tire life I have left by unmounting and remounting the tires on the opposite side after the correction is made?

 

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[gmtech4]

have front end checked and if its good ,have it aligned

 

there are no aggresive alignments ,,,everything is adjusted during a regular 4 wheel alignment ,,,,no rocket science is involved

[scott26]

have front end checked and if its good ,have it aligned

 

there are no aggresive alignments ,,,everything is adjusted during a regular 4 wheel alignment ,,,,no rocket science is involved

 

Why would I have it aligned if it was good?

 

By aggressive alignment I mean unmount and remount the front tires that have excessive wear on opposite sides so that the more wore edges would be on the inside of the tires after the camber is fixed.

[gmtech4]

i meant the front steering componants being good ,,,ya cant align it if parts are worn (causing tire wear )

[Rons05z71]

I think he means rotate the tires. If you are getting tire wear at 15,000 miles you might want to start roatating your tires at 7,000 miles

[Silverado4x4]

I don't care how good your front alignment is front tires will always wear on the outside edge over time as they are the turning tires and the outside edge is what takes all the force when turning, front tires will never wear flat like the rears now if there wearing fast then yes the front is out. That's one of the reasons to rotate tires to get even wear on all 4 tires, I think recommended rotating is 7500 miles and tires properly inflated.

What govtech4 means is have the front end parts checked out and if everything is good have it aligned, if you got slop in the parts then no since having it aligned till the front is fixed but at 15,000 mile I dought you have any worn parts.

[scott26]

Front end is good and was told us normal wear because of all my city driving. More toe rotations might help. I do them right now every 6k maybe every 4k now.

 

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[Gurrzt]

If your front end is good, it is most likely a "toe" setting problem.