Originally Posted By: CapriRacer
First, short trips wear tires very rapidly. So 1 to 2/32nds in 1500 miles may what your driving does.
Yes, Goodyear won't warrant tires for rapid wear until you get to 4 /32nds - and may even require you to go to 2/32nds. HOWEVER, the local shop might do something outside the box - although, you'll have to get in the range of 4/32nds.
Curious, why did you replace only 2 and why did the shop put them on the front? I wonder if that is not part of the rapid wear situation.
I purchased the XJ with good tires on back and bad + wrong size tires on front. I also had the death wobble and had 2 mechanics go over the suspension and both said it was tight but was way out of alignment, so I purchased the 2 new tires and had it aligned
Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
Originally Posted By: Miller88
Mine, even with the front aligned and HD tie rod, still chews the front tires.
I think this is due to the caster and/or steering axis angle those Jeeps have. I could, surprisingly, find no good pictures of this. But if you turn the wheels to full lock in either direction, they tend to lay over on their sides.
Could also be not enough Ackermann in the geometry. My CR-V seemed to suffer from this. The more you turn the wheels, the more the inside wheel needs to turn "more" than the outside wheel. Our MDX (and now Ridgeline) always did sharp turns better than our CR-V. Sure enough, the CR-V has less Ackermann in the alignment specifications, which tends to "push" or scrub the outside tire.
My XJ has a crazy turn radius, I can get into the tightest parking spots where only smart cars and corollas would dear try, I can almost do a 90 degree turn lol