2020 2500 4x4 front outer tires wearing

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<div class="bbWrapper">I have a 2020 Ram 2500 crew, 4x4 short bed diesel... with 2500 miles on it. Factory 10 ply tires. The front outer tires are starting to feather. All street driving and no bumps, so Toe and Caster are probably OK (not checked alignment yet} Does anyone have any similar issues? Thanks</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">probably more common than not. heavy front end. post some photos for a better opinion.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 6031" data-quote="Trophy Truck" data-source="post: 66557" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/forum/goto/post?id=66557" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-66557">Trophy Truck said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I have a 2020 Ram 2500 crew, 4x4 short bed diesel... with 2500 miles on it. Factory 10 ply tires. The front outer tires are starting to feather. All street driving and no bumps, so Toe and Caster are probably OK (not checked alignment yet} Does anyone have any similar issues? Thanks </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Happened to my 2019 3500. Very common and many posts about it. Have the alignment set to Thuren’s specs and it helps alot. Zero degrees of toe.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">I agree with going with Thuren alignment specs, just did mine a couple weeks ago and you can feel the difference as well in the steering.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Thats what a solid front axle does for you, the other part is the factory tires are garbage and wear like butter.... thats why rotating tires is important.... with a fixed camber solid axle they are usually setup with a negative scrub radius offset rims actually help eliminate this by pusing the tire out alowing for it to fall in a more balanced scrub radius zone</div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper">You heavy on the skinny pedal, driving fast and whipping it into places? My step dad can’t figure out why his front tires on his tundra wear like that but he carves that sh*t like it’s a sport bike.<br /> <br /> a straight axle rig with a good alignment tires should last a looong time</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">... unless your driving a sport bike, then it will for sure wear the fronts a bit more. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> <br /> <br /> otherwise, rotate every 5k miles, tops.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Re align to Thuren specs with as close to zero on toe as possible. I still fail to understand why fca hasn’t addressed this.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Rotate the tires I believe the owners manual calls that out at 3000 miles or if you see any wear.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 4364" data-quote="Truckman" data-source="post: 66881" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/forum/goto/post?id=66881" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-66881">Truckman said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Rotate the tires I believe the owners manual calls that out at 3000 miles or if you see any wear. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>I subscribe to the 3000-4000 mile rotations. If I am ready to go on a long trip I have been known to rotate them at 2000 miles.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">I know this thread was on the search, just wanted to hear updated comments... Thanks for your comments... My 2019 Ford F150 did the exact same thing with independent front 4x4... Ford said that was the nature of the beast...</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Planning on throwing some heavier duty tire on the front. Same thing happening to my 2020 3500 dually. I pull heavy always and can&#039;t rotate tires every 2,500-3,00 miles ( would be weekly) just have to accept that tires will be replaced every six months. At least the fronts.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 5251" data-quote="SMK Shoe" data-source="post: 73023" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/forum/goto/post?id=73023" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-73023">SMK Shoe said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Planning on throwing some heavier duty tire on the front. Same thing happening to my 2020 3500 dually. I pull heavy always and can&#039;t rotate tires every 2,500-3,00 miles ( would be weekly) just have to accept that tires will be replaced every six months. At least the fronts. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>If you drive 3,000 miles a week, like you said you do, for six months that’s 72,000 miles... that is good life for a truck tire, IMO.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Milage vary&#039;s, but 2500-3000 a week is about right. Drive tires actually look pretty good right now with more life left in them, but steer tire are wearing on the outsides pretty good. I just rolled 30,000 miles on the clock. Gonna have front end alignment checked, but I expect that the steer tires are just gonna take a beating. 10,000 - 25,000 lbs constantly behind the truck works the front tires pretty hard. Engine doesn&#039;t care, but the tires do.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 7873" data-quote="Razzman" data-source="post: 66596" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/forum/goto/post?id=66596" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-66596">Razzman said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I agree with going with Thuren alignment specs, just did mine a couple weeks ago and you can feel the difference as well in the steering. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Okay, I understand the concept here, but will a alignment shop know what &quot;thoren alignment specs&quot; are.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 5251" data-quote="SMK Shoe" data-source="post: 73129" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/forum/goto/post?id=73129" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-73129">SMK Shoe said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Okay, I understand the concept here, but will a alignment shop know what &quot;thoren alignment specs&quot; are. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>No, you’ll have to print them out and take them up there and get the shop to agree to use those specs and not what their computer says.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 5251" data-quote="SMK Shoe" data-source="post: 73129" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/forum/goto/post?id=73129" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-73129">SMK Shoe said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Okay, I understand the concept here, but will a alignment shop know what &quot;thoren alignment specs&quot; are. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Print them yourself and tell the shop you want the print out once they are done. You will get the, “it is not guaranteed“ from the manager, but so what. You will be pleased with the results.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">I believe the true fix would be a replacement of the balljoint with an “Off-Set” balljoint. They have been trying to correct with a toe adjustment. It’s a know glitch and baffles the mind why it’s not corrected at factory.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 13783" data-quote="dstonic" data-source="post: 244164" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/forum/goto/post?id=244164" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-244164">dstonic said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I believe the true fix would be a replacement of the balljoint with an “Off-Set” balljoint. They have been trying to correct with a toe adjustment. It’s a know glitch and baffles the mind why it’s not corrected at factory. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Not really an offset balljoint wont change tire scrub as its not a camber issue. It has a lot to do with hard cornering more than anything.</div>
 
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