Steer axle

[Tcarpenter]

(07-13-2017 )Rawze Wrote:  

(07-13-2017 )Tcarpenter Wrote:  Thanks for the inputs. I believe it may just end up being the nature of the beast by what everyone is saying. I don't have room to run a lift axle so that one is out. I run 120 psi in my steers and I do have alignments done quite often. I also pull the same tanker 95% of the time. Here are pictures how my tires wear, both sides wear the same.

On the steers, it is normal to get inside edge wear on the drivers side and outside edge wear on the passenger side. This is because you make right turns hard, scrubbing the tires and left turns gently most of the time. the problem is worse for those who do a lot of city driving or make a lot of hard turns vs someone who runs mostly highway miles.

inside edge wear on both sides could be bearings out of adjustment or king pin bushings as well. Make sure they are in spec according to the book and a dial indicator. a lot of mechanics just jack them up and wiggle them without using a dial indicator. This is wrong. Know your values and know what is acceptable and what is not.

Good point. I'll have to do this also