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Originally Posted by elykrunner
Updating: Had my vehicle checked at 2 places.
Les Schwab mechanic thinks the tire wear is caused by a bad power steering rack. I also have movement in the lower ball joints & cv axles and the front struts are leaking.
There’s a few things wrong, but why would this cause excessive tire wear only on one tire in the rear?
I haven’t taken it to a frame shop but I am suspecting the axle or frame is bent. Maybe when they were rear ended they hammered into the receiving hitch and threw something out of wack.
Accoriing to the mechanic the place I had it aligned at should of noticed these issues and not even done an alignment without doing the power steering rack done first.
It was also had “good” alignment before I took it in.
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Straight up speculation:
Fuel tank and driver are on the left. Engine is in the front, so the truck in stock form is a tad nose heavy.
I found this talked about it another thread:
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Originally Posted by jharris2
You're right -- not easy to find at all. I found it for the V6 models in the New Features Manual, page 112.
2WD 52/48
4WD 54/46
The V8 may be slightly heavier on the front.
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4th gen weight distribution
Anyway, all things being equal, I'd think the wear could focus on the tire with the least grip (i.e. weight). Which would probably be the right rear. Not to say that's absolutely why the wear is focused there. But with no other explanation, it's at least something.
I've never had much appreciation for a mechanic telling me a part is "bad". What about it is bad, why do you think this? I like specifics. What about the rack has made it bad? If it's weeping out of a seal, that's not going to be effecting your tire wear problem.
