Now I'm confused. I also have a severe wear problem on just the outside
on my MGA front tires. It is the same on both sides. So I was thinking
that the cure here was just to adjust the "toe in" so the lead edge of each
tire points in the outward direction a little more.
So in laymen's terms my car has "pigeon toes" and I need to give it a bit
more
" duck feet", but not too much of course. (hows that for a picture story)
My question is , doesn't too much "toe in" cause the outside of the tire
to wear?
These "sneakers" are only 3 years old, (6000 miles tops) with only highway
and some in town driving, and absolutely no hard cornering or driving.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave & M" <rusd@velocitus.net>
To: <pennell@cox.net>
Cc: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 12:13 AM
Subject: Re: Any car alignment Q
> 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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