Is This Tire Wear Normal?

[BlaineBug]

In December, I had brand new Michelin Michelin X LT tires installed at 52,655 miles. Since then, I have put 4,692 miles on them and have not yet rotated them.

The very same day that I had these tires installed, I had an alignment performed after only 16 miles of use (yes, I keep such detailed records!) I have the alignment spec sheet I can dig out of my files if necessary, but it was slightly out of alignment beforehand, but after the alignment was performed my specs show perfect according to their print out.

As you can see the front 2 tires have more wear on the outermost edge, which the rear tires do not as I have not yet rotated them. Is this normal wear? I assume this may be attributed to the front end scrubbing on tight turns, as I can often fee the front-end performing quite jerky when at a slow speed full lock turn. It feels as if the truck tries to push forward at the same time it is turning. It is very hard to describe this sensation as most vehicles do not give this feeling, but most of the other vehicles I have experience driving are much smaller unibody cars and SUVs than full size trucks and SUVs.

All in all I just want to know if this tire wear appears to be normal. The old tires exhibited similar wear at the very outer edge, although the tread pattern was different and there was much less tread life remaining in comparison to these relatively brand new tires.

I typically like to rotate tires around 7,000-8,000 miles regardless of vehicle type, so I'm not quite there yet.

Pics attached and labeled accordingly.

 

[Blackcar]

Do you drive with switch on Auto high on transfer case setting.

 

[BlaineBug]

Do you drive with switch on Auto high on transfer case setting.

2wd 99% of the time, especially last winter which was very un-snowy.

 

[OR VietVet]

I want to see the before and after alignment specs.

 

[Marky Dissod]

I typically like to rotate tires around 7,000-8,000 miles regardless of vehicle type, so I'm not quite there yet.

Those tires may want you to rotate them more often, if these pics are to be understood and believed.

 

[Doubeleive]

sometimes tire wear can really depend on how you drive

 

[Marky Dissod]

To be clear, I experience somewhat similar wear patterns with my '02 Z71 - lots of very tight turns where steering goes center quickly to full lock & quickly back to center to minimize turning radius.

I could never get away with rotating every 7000 - 8000 miles. I must rotate them every 2 months to equalize wear & maximize my use of all four tires.

You may want to ask your alignment technician about adjusting your next alignment - within the spec window - to try to distribute the wear more evenly.

 

[BlaineBug]

Those tires may want you to rotate them more often, if these pics are to be understood and believed.

I would hope the pictures would be believed as I took them

 

[Marky Dissod]

I would hope the pictures would be believed, as I took them.

Meant that, I believe that what your tires are saying is
'please rotate us more often'.

 

[B-train]

I had a similar issue when I got new tires on my 2017. The front outer edges wore more quickly than what I expected. I took it for service and said I want the truck set to the middle of the green range (it's quite a range of "acceptable " specs). I can see where they moved the adjusters quite a bit.

It tracks nice and straight kow with a change in the steering effort for turns, but always wants to straighten back out and track straight. I'll see how it wears over the summer. You may want to have them recheck the alignment and explain the tire wear. There is a way to set up a vehicle for optimum tire life.