What cause dis...

[LEB Ben]

Was doing a tire rotation on the MKZ (2008) today...and all 4 tires were beyond worn on the inside...now I know I'm a big guy, but never had all 4 where through like this. The tires have 35-40k on them and I got 70k out of the last set. No noticeable movement/loose parts. When the tires were put on all 4 corners checked out within spec. Did camber just fall that far out of alignment??? Tires always rotated around 5-7500 miles.

 

[fatherdoug]

Toe-in, or in your case, toe-out?

 

[LEB Ben]

That's what I'm starting think...just needs an overall alignment...im not seeing issues anywhere else. Guess it's kinda cool everything wore so uniformly...but so quickly. Sucks tires still had another 30k to go too.

 

[DNFXDLI]

1-800-Jenny?

Sorry...couldn't help myself.

 

[LEB Ben]

Haha...I knew that one was coming.

 

[fatherdoug]

Our Not-ford does not hold a toe-in alignment for more than 30,000 miles. If I keep it adjusted every 15,000 miles the tires do fine for about 60,000 miles.

 

[cbaker65]

Or,take the tires off,an turn them around,putting the good sides in!...

 

[LEB Ben]

Was thinking about that too...had it not been all the way through, I would have. The right rear is the only one that's actually all the way through, but the rest are close.

 

[LEB Ben]

And yeah Doug...I think it's been the better part 75k since the last alignment. So probably just my fault.

 

[DNFXDLI]

Seems odd though Ben...OL has 65k miles on her MKT on the second set of tires and the wear has been uniform. I know they are different platforms but for the alignment to fall out that far is kinda weird.

 

[fatherdoug]

I also found out that every time you adjust the toe-in, you also have to reset the computer for the variable skid control............

 

[LEB Ben]

Seems odd though Ben...OL has 65k miles on her MKT on the second set of tires and the wear has been uniform. I know they are different platforms but for the alignment to fall out that far is kinda weird.

The last alignment check was all within spec...barely, probably a lesson learned. I'll see where it falls now and then I guess I'll have my answer. With the move and getting married this last rotation was a little longer than usual, and I might have missed an odd wear pattern at 20k. So I guess I'll see. But if alignment is all it is, I guess I'll be happy.

 

[DNFXDLI]

Hmm..still seems odd though...maybe I live under a rock, but I've not seen that kind of wear on all 4 before.
When you get it looked at/adjusted, please update.

 

[LEB Ben]

Will do...

 

[smokey]

That's odd they all ate up like that.

 

[kiwi f150]

I'll go with alignment Ben ..... 75k of bouncing around since the last one will do it also depending on how many miles in total the springs may have a bit of sag in them by now - because it is independent on all four corners this will lower the ride height and throw the camber out.

 

[Lorddurock]

i've seen tie rods and and ball joints get odd ware spots that cant be felt at normal angles. maybe that's whats up. after that i just say it lost its alignment as odd as that is