So it's been 15K miles since I tossed the 30K mile old stock Goodyears and picked up some 265 Kumho STX tires. At the very first they were a bit louder than the stock tires, and they have gradually been getting worse and worse ever since.
Well, on a recent trip to Mt. Lassen (sorry, no pics, *everybody's* camera had a failure of one sort or another, quite the comedy of errors) we tackled about 50 miles worth of dirt forest service and logging roads. As I checked my tire pressures after one such excursion, the dirt on the tires followed by just a little pavement driving to clean off the portions of the tire that contact the road all of a sudden threw into stark relief the reason for my growing noise problem.
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As you can see, the uneven tire wear is purely on the inside edge of the tire. It's exhibited on all 4 tires in roughly same proportions. Because it's on all 4 corners, typical tire problem causes like blown shocks or defective tires are out the window, which as far as I can guess only leaves alignment. Too much toe in maybe? No idea. Weird that the Goodyears were fine for 30K, while these started developing problems almost from mile zero. Anybody else having similar issues? Especially you all with wider aftermarket "light-truck" tires, please let me know your thoughts.
Well, on a recent trip to Mt. Lassen (sorry, no pics, *everybody's* camera had a failure of one sort or another, quite the comedy of errors) we tackled about 50 miles worth of dirt forest service and logging roads. As I checked my tire pressures after one such excursion, the dirt on the tires followed by just a little pavement driving to clean off the portions of the tire that contact the road all of a sudden threw into stark relief the reason for my growing noise problem.
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As you can see, the uneven tire wear is purely on the inside edge of the tire. It's exhibited on all 4 tires in roughly same proportions. Because it's on all 4 corners, typical tire problem causes like blown shocks or defective tires are out the window, which as far as I can guess only leaves alignment. Too much toe in maybe? No idea. Weird that the Goodyears were fine for 30K, while these started developing problems almost from mile zero. Anybody else having similar issues? Especially you all with wider aftermarket "light-truck" tires, please let me know your thoughts.