Hi Keith,
Provided that there is no serious alignment problem, feathering of the
outside edges is "usually" caused by hard cornering. Hard cornering is a
relative term. A light car would take some very hard driving such as
race track use to feather the tires very much. A front end heavy car
such as the Dakota could require much less aggesseive driving to cause
some feathering. Underinflation relative to the weight on the tires
could make the situation worse.
Dave Russell
pennell@cox.net wrote:
> Listers,
>
> Question about front end alignment. This is on a Dodge Dakota. What
> would cause feathering on the outside tread of the front tires? My
> Firestone person says it is normal from cornering?
>
> I know alignment issues could be the culprit but I did not know
> cornering could cause feathering of the tread.
>
> Any thoughts? Keith Pennell
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