Tires towed in?

[mossyoakman827]

After i lifted my tahoe with a skyjacker lift my tires stay towed in brand new ball joints alignment everything tires still lean in any ideas i need help cant buy new tires till its fixed thanks

 

[clean454]

hmmm this is strange who installed ur lift?

i installed my own lift and my front tires are freakn perfect

 

[retorq]

Ummm take it an an alignment shop ...

 

[clean454]

So the top of the tires are leaning in toward the truck?

 

[retorq]

Toe is the difference between the centerline of the front and rear of the tire.

When looking at it from the TOP of the truck:


/ \ = toe In

| | = 0 toe

\ / = toe out

You are thinking camber, which would be seen if you are looking at the truck from the front.

Here's a helpful link: http://www.stockcarracing.com/tipstricks/camber_caster_toe_setup/index.html

Either way, after any front end work it's always best to get an alignment. After my drop my camber was visually way off.

 

[mossyoakman827]

I installed my own also this would be my 4th lift first on tahoe but they are def towed in / \ its been to two diffrent alignment shops still the same

 

[retorq]

They are supposed to be towed in ... when you go down the highway the force of driving down the road will push the leading edge out a lil and they should ride pretty much straight. Any alignment shop I've been to gives a print out, did you get one of those?? Are you wiping out the edge of the tire??

 

[mossyoakman827]

i didnt get a print out and the tires are wearing the inside bad

 

[retorq]

Wearing bad on the inside is a toe out issue or too much negative camber (upper part of the control arm leaning in to much). They should have given you a print out at the very least ... probably showing before and afters. :|

 

[txhoescrapin]

Toe in wears the inside of the tire.

 

[retorq]

Toe in wears the inside of the tire.

No, toe in wears the outside of the tires.

Imagine making a hard right turn, your drivers wheel will be all the to the right side of the vehicle. No imagine pushing that down the road straight, that would be an extreme toe in situation. You WILL wear the outside faster then the inside. The whole tire will end up with a saw tooth pattern.

 

[txhoescrapin]

No, toe in wears the outside of the tires.

Imagine making a hard right turn, your drivers wheel will be all the to the right side of the vehicle. No imagine pushing that down the road straight, that would be an extreme tow in situation. You WILL wear the outside faster then the inside. The whole tire will end up with a saw tooth pattern.

I stand corrected, I was thinking camber even though you had already said that he was thinking camber! Sorry dude. I am an idiot.

 

[retorq]

 

[mossyoakman827]

ok ill take it again monday morning and ask for a print out thank you for the lesson also

 

[clean454]

ya cuz my shit was toed out and it wore out the inside hella bad!