wheel alignment & tire wear

[DM Garage]

When having a shop do an alignment you need to pay close attention to the numbers, just because it is within "spec" doesn't mean it's perfect!

Remember that most specs from OE's are pretty broad so you can make everything look green but if it's to the extreme of spec one way on one side and the opposite on the other it can handle ill. Most normal alignments also only include toe, caster & camber, if you have replaced or modified the suspension I would have them go a little deeper and measure SAI & IA this will tell you if you have a mismatched or bent part.

One easy thing to remember when looking at an alignment print out is camber pulls or drifts to the high side and caster pulls or drifts to the low side and sometimes those numbers can stack on the same side and create issues but usually it's very easy to correct. Remember that some of the numbers your dealing with are negatives so look closely for the high and low. If there's only .01-.02 difference side to side this is probably not the problem!

Camber high, Caster low that's the way the Truck will go!