Excessive inside tire wear

[maswindell]

I have a 04 Tahoe, 2wd which I bought used last year with 24k miles. The girls boyfriend was a mechanic and they put 22" wheels on it, but took them off prior to sale. It looks like the front shocks were disconnected at some point as there are wear marks on the bottom bolt. The truck was sold with the original wheels and new tires. After 5 k miles, the insides of both front tires is wearing badly. A friend thinks its idler arms, but at 29k mile seems unlikely. Any ideas on what what cause this type of wear ? I have yet to take it to an alignment shop but the truck tracks fine at speed.

Thanks for any help.

 

[992door]

I would take it to get an alignment before you start to replace anything. Might just be off alittle

 

[treepete]

they removed the 22s and slapped the stocks back on without doing an alignment/ or proper alignment. I agree with 992door.

 

[Sepiroth]

It reads to me as if your camber is off.

 

[JKmotorsports]

I agree with Sepiroth. If you have negative camber, the top of the front wheels lean in and will wear the inside edges of the tire. Even though camber will affect toe, a lot of times the vehicle can still track straight. Worn idler and pitman arms won't wear just the inside edges of the tires.

 

[tribalbreak]

yea its definatly a camber issue. i have a honda track car and its lowered and you can visibly see the negitive camber (top of wheel leaning in). so my tires wear horribly... however a slight camber problem would be hard to spot especially with stock wheels and tires... so a good alignment would probly fix your problem

 

[Rollin Thunder]

ahhh. Deshavo:smilielol: