Rear Wheels Toe in?

oktex88 · 11-19-2005, 03:53 PM

On my Titan the rear wheels are toeing in really badly to where my right rear tire is wearing unevenly. Well I took it to a shop and they said my alightment was good and they didn't know what was causing my rear tires to toe in. What's up with this?? Could something but wrong with my axel or something? My rear tires toe in really badly.

steve83 · 11-19-2005, 04:02 PM

so if i walked up to your truck (not knowing about your problem) could i see that your rear tires are not straight?

If so, thats sounds like you have a problem!

alabama_lowlife · 11-19-2005, 04:23 PM

how can a solid axle have toe problems? i simply can't imagine the possibility unless the axle is bent?

KTMNealio · 11-19-2005, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by oktex88

On my Titan the rear wheels are toeing in really badly to where my right rear tire is wearing unevenly.

A solid axle doesn't have any toe. If what you say were true, your diff would have seized up by now.
So your problem is from buring out when you take off or nailing it too much on when you pull out into traffic. 60% of the power goes to the right rear.
- Nealio

oktex88 · 11-19-2005, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by steve83

so if i walked up to your truck (not knowing about your problem) could i see that your rear tires are not straight?

If so, thats sounds like you have a problem!

Yes, infact a friend at work was standing behind my truck and noticed this.

oktex88 · 11-19-2005, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by KTMNealio

A solid axle doesn't have any toe. If what you say were true, your diff would have seized up by now.
So your problem is from buring out when you take off or nailing it too much on when you pull out into traffic. 60% of the power goes to the right rear.
- Nealio

I have never burned out, I may get the occasional squeal when it rains or snows. What part of the truck is actually causing the tire to toe in??

**loufish** · 11-20-2005, 07:30 AM

Toe issues cause a feather wear pattern, why don't you take a good picture of your wear pattern and post it. A solid axle can only have toe issues if it was bent, and it could be bent slightly and have no real diff issues. Pretty weird to have a bent diff housing with out being in a traffic accident...
Here's a primer on wear patterns:

http://www.procarcare.com/includes/c...dtirewear.html

oktex88 · 11-20-2005, 09:14 AM

I did have to have my drive shaft replaced, maybe my axle some how got bent when they did that

Looks like another trip to the dealership.

**Helinut1970** · 11-20-2005, 12:37 PM

If the leaf springs are not lined up correctly this can cause a problem with wear patterns. In other words if one side of the axle is further foward than the other then you could have more than usuall wear.

oktex88 · 11-20-2005, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Helinut1970

If the leaf springs are not lined up correctly this can cause a problem with wear patterns. In other words if one side of the axle is further foward than the other then you could have more than usuall wear.

You can clearly see how the rear tires toe in if you are looking from behind the truck. Do yall think the dealership will fix this? My axle shouldn't become bent no matter what, unless I was in an accident or towed over max load or something. I have never even towed or have had a huge load in the back.

orangepeel · 11-20-2005, 07:46 PM

Its that new rear twin I beam suspension.

Seriously though, you probably need to carry it back in, if the dealer has done any work on the rear.

Austin · 11-21-2005, 04:13 PM

Very doubtful you have toe in on both rear tires - although you could definitely have toe in on one tire. As Helinut1970 hinted at, when your axle is not exactly perpendicular to the truck, you get toe in on one side and toe out on the other side. That's called the thrust angle.

Can you post pictures of your tire wear?

Do you have any recent alignment specs you can post?

oktex88 · 11-21-2005, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Austin

Very doubtful you have toe in on both rear tires - although you could definitely have toe in on one tire. As Helinut1970 hinted at, when your axle is not exactly perpendicular to the truck, you get toe in on one side and toe out on the other side. That's called the thrust angle.

Can you post pictures of your tire wear?

Do you have any recent alignment specs you can post?

I had the tires rotated so I dunno which tires were on the back ones. Yeah I think I have a paper in my glove box from when they checked my alignment with a bunch of numbers. I will post it tomorrow.

Austin · 11-21-2005, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by oktex88

I had the tires rotated so I dunno which tires were on the back ones. Yeah I think I have a paper in my glove box from when they checked my alignment with a bunch of numbers. I will post it tomorrow.

Do you recall the wear pattern on the rear tires? One should've been more heavily worn on the inside tread blocks, the other on the outside.

oktex88 · 11-21-2005, 11:56 PM

My right rear tire had very little tread on the outside but a lot left on the inside. I only have 12,000 miles.