round tire wear

[Larry C Leung]

I am seeing the same thing on my Kumhos, and it may because the toe was
out (i.e. the eveness may be b/c toe doesn't cause of the same type as
camber problems do. The thing to look for, cupping and feathering, though
I had a hard time seeing it, the tire shop guy did). 

LL - NY

On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 10:00:35 -0500 (CDT) Robert Deis <rdeis at io.com>
writes:
>
>Hello, all. I have a set of Khumo ecsta supra 712 (I think that's the
>name..) tires on my 86 5kTQw that are wearing in a way that looks 
>strange
>to me.
>
>The shoulders of the tires are wearing first, making them more and 
>more
>round.  The inboard and outboard shoulders wear evenly, so I don't 
>think
>its an alignment problem, and I keep my tire pressures at around 35psi 
>so
>I don't think its that either.
>
>The rears may be wearing a bit faster than the fronts, or they may 
>have
>been rotated just before I bought the car in February, I'm not sure..
>
>What's the cause?
>
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