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Archive for October 14th, 2006
Uneven Tire Wear
Posted by Brad on October 14, 2006
I have had several sets of steer tires on a Freightliner Colombia Class 8 truck. The problem is that they all are prematurely wearing in an unusual way. I check and maintain proper inflation and have asked my shop foreman what the problem is. He maintains that it is called “river wear” stating this is a premature wearing of said tires. I just had an alignment done and the problem persists with only the left steer acting this way. The wearing is occurring when only half of a tread is worn not the entire rib. If you can help explain what is going on I would appreciate it.
River wear (sometimes called errosion wear) is common in situations where steer axle loads are light, turning is infrequent (mainly straight, Interstate routes) and the wear rate is slow. Fortunately, this type of wear condition is noting to worry about from a tire performance standpoint.