BlaineBug
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In December, I had brand new Michelin Michelin X LT tires installed at 52,655 miles. Since then, I have put 4,692 miles on them and have not yet rotated them.
The very same day that I had these tires installed, I had an alignment performed after only 16 miles of use (yes, I keep such detailed records!) I have the alignment spec sheet I can dig out of my files if necessary, but it was slightly out of alignment beforehand, but after the alignment was performed my specs show perfect according to their print out.
As you can see the front 2 tires have more wear on the outermost edge, which the rear tires do not as I have not yet rotated them. Is this normal wear? I assume this may be attributed to the front end scrubbing on tight turns, as I can often fee the front-end performing quite jerky when at a slow speed full lock turn. It feels as if the truck tries to push forward at the same time it is turning. It is very hard to describe this sensation as most vehicles do not give this feeling, but most of the other vehicles I have experience driving are much smaller unibody cars and SUVs than full size trucks and SUVs.
All in all I just want to know if this tire wear appears to be normal. The old tires exhibited similar wear at the very outer edge, although the tread pattern was different and there was much less tread life remaining in comparison to these relatively brand new tires.
I typically like to rotate tires around 7,000-8,000 miles regardless of vehicle type, so I'm not quite there yet.
Pics attached and labeled accordingly.
The very same day that I had these tires installed, I had an alignment performed after only 16 miles of use (yes, I keep such detailed records!) I have the alignment spec sheet I can dig out of my files if necessary, but it was slightly out of alignment beforehand, but after the alignment was performed my specs show perfect according to their print out.
As you can see the front 2 tires have more wear on the outermost edge, which the rear tires do not as I have not yet rotated them. Is this normal wear? I assume this may be attributed to the front end scrubbing on tight turns, as I can often fee the front-end performing quite jerky when at a slow speed full lock turn. It feels as if the truck tries to push forward at the same time it is turning. It is very hard to describe this sensation as most vehicles do not give this feeling, but most of the other vehicles I have experience driving are much smaller unibody cars and SUVs than full size trucks and SUVs.
All in all I just want to know if this tire wear appears to be normal. The old tires exhibited similar wear at the very outer edge, although the tread pattern was different and there was much less tread life remaining in comparison to these relatively brand new tires.
I typically like to rotate tires around 7,000-8,000 miles regardless of vehicle type, so I'm not quite there yet.
Pics attached and labeled accordingly.
