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Old May 12, 2004 | 02:33 PM
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Tire wear & auto locker question

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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Old May 12, 2004 | 02:37 PM
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I had something here but now that I think about it, I'm sure you already considered it.

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Old May 15, 2004 | 03:09 PM
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Old May 15, 2004 | 06:53 PM
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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.

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