un even tire wear, BAD
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un even tire wear, BAD
Hey. On my Yokohama Geo's AT, front tires are crazy. Every other lug is different. for instance, one is 1/2 inch, next one is 1/4 inch, next one 1/2 and so on. and it does that across the entire tire. It causes a ton of vibration.
I have 35k miles on them and i have a 50k mile free replacement. I was curious as to if that would be considered a defective tire. Its only on the front two but I was thinking if they were defective i could swap out for 4 new bigger tires, for a little more cost. Does anyone know anything about this and if these tires would be considered defective. The un evenness is very noticeable as well. Thanks. Kyle
I have 35k miles on them and i have a 50k mile free replacement. I was curious as to if that would be considered a defective tire. Its only on the front two but I was thinking if they were defective i could swap out for 4 new bigger tires, for a little more cost. Does anyone know anything about this and if these tires would be considered defective. The un evenness is very noticeable as well. Thanks. Kyle
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Probably wouldn't be concidered defective. You could try. Usually this is an alignment, shocks, not rotating the tires problem. Some vehicles that are full-time 4x4 do it all the time.
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It is called "cupping". Usually not covered on the tire warranty because it is caused by a component on the vehicle. It could be a bad ball joint, bad shock, bad tie rod end, bent rim, not rotating, and the list goes on.
You could always go in and see if they could pro rate it out for ya.
You could always go in and see if they could pro rate it out for ya.
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Originally Posted by SLC Punk
It is called "cupping". Usually not covered on the tire warranty because it is caused by a component on the vehicle. It could be a bad ball joint, bad shock, bad tie rod end, bent rim, not rotating, and the list goes on.
You could always go in and see if they could pro rate it out for ya.
You could always go in and see if they could pro rate it out for ya.
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Originally Posted by outdoorfever
Hey. On my Yokohama Geo's AT, front tires are crazy. Every other lug is different.
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Originally Posted by outdoorfever
Does anyone know anything about this and if these tires would be considered defective.
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Originally Posted by TRunner
Found out that these tires will commonly cup on the front if not rotated a lot. I have only rotated mine once in the last 1.5 years and that was over a year ago. People get around this problem very well by just doing the rotation, which I plan on doing immediately and then just keeping up with it. I have never had a tire that needed rotation like this, but I have never had a tire perform in all weather the way these do either. Tread life goes a bit fast, but it does have a warrenty, which I will be using to get new ones at a prorated cost. Then I will make sure they get rotated quite a bit. Hope this helps and if anyone is wondering, for all intense purposes I blame myself for this problem and still promote this tire for performance on/off road in mud/snow/water. They really do well!
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Originally Posted by mt_goat
I have made a habit of rotating the tires when I change the oil, every 3000 miles. It is faster to rotate them myself anyway, than to drive down to the tire store and wait for them to do it.
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Originally Posted by mt_goat
I have made a habit of rotating the tires when I change the oil, every 3000 miles. It is faster to rotate them myself anyway, than to drive down to the tire store and wait for them to do it.
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