Tires towed in?

[mossyoakman827]

After i lifted my tahoe with a skyjacker lift my tires stay towed in brand new ball joints alignment everything tires still lean in any ideas i need help cant buy new tires till its fixed thanks

 

[clean454]

hmmm this is strange who installed ur lift?

i installed my own lift and my front tires are freakn perfect

 

[retorq]

Ummm take it an an alignment shop ...

 

[clean454]

So the top of the tires are leaning in toward the truck?

 

[retorq]

Toe is the difference between the centerline of the front and rear of the tire.

When looking at it from the TOP of the truck:


/ \ = toe In

| | = 0 toe

\ / = toe out

You are thinking camber, which would be seen if you are looking at the truck from the front.

Here's a helpful link: http://www.stockcarracing.com/tipstricks/camber_caster_toe_setup/index.html

Either way, after any front end work it's always best to get an alignment. After my drop my camber was visually way off.

 

[mossyoakman827]

I installed my own also this would be my 4th lift first on tahoe but they are def towed in / \ its been to two diffrent alignment shops still the same

 

[retorq]

They are supposed to be towed in ... when you go down the highway the force of driving down the road will push the leading edge out a lil and they should ride pretty much straight. Any alignment shop I've been to gives a print out, did you get one of those?? Are you wiping out the edge of the tire??

 

[mossyoakman827]

i didnt get a print out and the tires are wearing the inside bad

 

[retorq]

Wearing bad on the inside is a toe out issue or too much negative camber (upper part of the control arm leaning in to much). They should have given you a print out at the very least ... probably showing before and afters. :|

 

[txhoescrapin]

Toe in wears the inside of the tire.