Tire wear & auto locker question

Yoter · 05-12-2004, 02:33 PM

I have noticed how my rear tires have been wearing rough and that is to be expected with a rear locker. Well my passenger rear tire is wearing more than the drivers side rear tire. Whats happening? Today I am going to rotate the two tires but dayum. Since seeing this is happening to my passenger rear tire I figured it has to do with my style of driving. meaning I drive fast and take corners without a though sometimes hearing the chirping. Seems as if the tire is dragging. I have since altered my driving style to easy going on corners taking them wider and staying on the gas not to allow binding. Make sense? help me guys. lol ben

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Tacoma Dude · 05-12-2004, 02:37 PM

EDIT:
I had something here but now that I think about it, I'm sure you already considered it.

Yoter · 05-15-2004, 03:09 PM

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GV27 · 05-15-2004, 06:53 PM

Just a guess, but the passenger tire will be the inside one when turning right, outside when turning left. In day-to-day city driving, you take a lot of short radius rights and very few short-radius lefts. Think about it - if you lived in England or OZ it'd be the other way around. With an open diff the inside just sorta coasts around, with the locker it's just the opposite.

C

05-12-2004, 02:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tacoma Dude Contributing Member Personal Sales Rating: (0) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 8,345	EDIT: I had something here but now that I think about it, I'm sure you already considered it. __________________ Peter! 2002 Tacoma 1986 4Runner Last edited by Tacoma Dude; 05-12-2004 at 02:39 PM.

05-15-2004, 06:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
GV27 Registered User Personal Sales Rating: (0) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Green Mountain, Colorado Posts: 479	Just a guess, but the passenger tire will be the inside one when turning right, outside when turning left. In day-to-day city driving, you take a lot of short radius rights and very few short-radius lefts. Think about it - if you lived in England or OZ it'd be the other way around. With an open diff the inside just sorta coasts around, with the locker it's just the opposite. C __________________ 1998 4-Runner SR5 3.4 Manual 1992 4-Runner SR5 3.Slow - 230k+ miles. 1990 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce Last edited by GV27; 05-15-2004 at 06:55 PM.

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