Front Tire Wear

[ohiorvers]

I am experiencing unusial tire wear on both my front tires after 20,000 miles. The outside shoulder of the tire has significantly more wear than the rest of the tire. The wear starts from the extreme outer edge of the tire and is only about an inch wide. Both tires show the wear but it is slightly worse on the driver's side tire.

I run the tires at 80 pounds per spec. there is no other unusual wear on the tires.

I replaced the OEM shocks with Monroe RV gas shocks about 6,000 miles ago.

Any ideas? Alignment? The new shocks? Rotation required?

Thanks in advance

[ohiorvers]

I am experiencing unusial tire wear on both my front tires after 20,000 miles. The outside shoulder of the tire has significantly more wear than the rest of the tire. The wear starts from the extreme outer edge of the tire and is only about an inch wide. Both tires show the wear but it is slightly worse on the driver's side tire.

I run the tires at 80 pounds per spec. there is no other unusual wear on the tires.

I replaced the OEM shocks with Monroe RV gas shocks about 6,000 miles ago.

Any ideas? Alignment? The new shocks? Rotation required?

Thanks in advance

[Tenn.Vol.]

Ohio, I have the same 02, adv,on a workhorse
chassie. I run 85lb. of front pressure and have noticed a little wear on outside fr. treads,
say less than half of inch. and I have 27K on coach. I am not concerned as the tires are 4yr.
old now and tires are in other wise good shape.
Tenn.Vol.

[MrTransistor]

Hi ohiorvers,
Too much toe in? That's what was causing the outside of our tires to ware in 30,000 miles.

[Jeff H]

I have 2002 Itasca Sunrise P32 Workhorse chassis. Got the "free" alignment the first year, checked it again last year. Just completed 4,000 mile trip (Have 32,000 miles now) and the front tires wore on the inside. Coach was built 6/01, so tires are over 4 years old now....guess it's time for new tires.

[troth]

Rich, I would question whether 80 psi is really enough on the front tires. And in the same breath, I'd encourage you to check the tire manufacturer's recommended inflation chart base upon weight load. (The Winnie door sticker for inflation is a good guideline, but not the last word...) Have your coach weighed, preferably all 4 corners, then go to the tire mfgr. charts. If your 80# was within a couple psi of the chart spec, then I'd suspect your tire wear is not from underinflation, but rather misalignment.