is it normal for the front tires to wear faster than rear? just slightly?

i havent yet rotated my mt/rs (they have about 5500 miles since new), going to do that at my next oil change in about 800 miles or so.

i was looking them over.. they all are at 31/32psi, yet the front left is the most worn of all the tires. the fronts are more worn than the rears.

i can only assume this is because:

1) the front tires are the turning tires
2) im taking mostly left turns.

is this the case? or should i look into other issues?

they are fully balanced and aligned, so i know that is not an issue.

thanks for any suggestions

 

sounds pretty normal to me....rotate them and it should balance out over time. Im nto sure what the usual rotation mileage is....

 

i pm'd andy asking when he rotates his mt/r's and he said "i do mine every 5k-7k".

im at 5500, oil change will come around mid 6K's, so ill do it at that time, along with inspection sticker and BJ recall work.

i have a coupon for free oil change at my dealership

 

I can't say for MT/R's but on my old BFG AT's the front wore very evenly and way outlasted the rear...although I was spinning those a bit...

 

I need to start logging my mantinece work.....I just guess on miles and time between service.

 

my oil changes and this board are my maintenance logs!

ive looked at my thread lists to figure out when i did stuff a lot!

 

Fronts normally wear faster than the rears in my experience but you shouldn't have uneven wear from left to right. If the tires are balanced and inflated evenly, and your alignment is good, could it be your shocks?

 

shocks are brand new!

 

Front carries more weight.........? that's what my take is on this issue

 

What about your tie rod ends, do you have a loose felling in the steering wheel if so or if not jack the truck up and see if you can move the tires in and out, if you can then their shot, trust me this happened to me and my tires wore the same as yours i took it in to a buddys shop and he put it on the lift grabbed each tire with each hand and shook them and said "thats bad" he also said its about $65 each for the parts. we are fixing it saturday and i will post pics.

 

in all the tires i have worked on, and im talking thousands! its the rears that go first......

 

I've seen pretty much both patterns... in front wheel drives I've seen usually wear quicker than the rears, but rear wheel drive I've noticed it depends on the driver. If the driver is heavy on the throttle the rear tires wear faster if grandma and grandpa are driving a r.w. vehicle then the front wears slightly faster than the rears.

 

Thats really strange. Been driving for more years than I like to admit and on my vehicals and any one I have ever seen for any period of time the front have always wore more than the rear and faster due to the costant turning of the wheel.Maybe the ones you worked on are from guy's who like to lay rubber on every take off and never rotate there tires.
If you want them to wear more even just rotate, every 5,000 miles or so. Some guy's only go 3,000 and that's better yet, Mike

 

im confused.

you all seem to disagree with one another!

i guess ill just have em rotated and see what happens.

 

My fronts always wear faster than my rears. I've also heard that some vehicles are designed to be slightly toe-in to improve stability and reduce wandering.... although this slight amount of toe-in shouldn't affect wear dramatically.

 

My front tires tend to wear a bit more because I tend to be aggressive in turns. But since I rotate and balance every 5k-10k miles, it's hard to tell for sure how much more they wear than the rears.

 

You are actually seeing tire wear at 5500 miles? Another vote for the BFG KM's I guess...

Eli - it's not a sports car!

 

from what I have heard about the MT/R is that they wear faster/ quicker than other tires. With that said, if you increase your rotation intervals you will most likely eliminate the uneven wear patterns. Try a few more pounds in them and see if that does anything. I run about 33-35 psi in mine.

 

Agree with FilthyRich on this idea . Also make sure that your tires are "Exactly" the same weight . As little as #1 can cause one to wear more than the other. Mike

 

they are all 31/32.. as close as i can get them to all being the same. my gauge isnt a nasa instrument to say the least!

but regardless, im convinced its my leadfoot