"New" tires wearing badly, making lots of road noise. How to fix?

[scooper77515]

I have my 3rd set of Goodyear Wrangler HP in 275/60r20. They came stock on the truck (2004 Dodge Ram 1500). I liked them the first two times, bought them a third time. They suck this time around.

I knew something was wrong when I had the third set installed and there was lead balance weights along almost 1/4 of the rim on one tire.

After about 5000 miles, truck started to pull to the side, so I took it in for alignment and the guy at the shop said it was aligned, but tires were wearing oddly causing the pull. He crossed them. I rotate forward/backward only so they don't porcupine up.

I tried to figure out which ones he crossed and get them back to the original side, but damage is done...tread is all poking up like a pine-cone or porcupine. And making all kinds of horrible road noise.

Is there any way to fix this, or am I stuck with noisy tires for the next 30,000 miles?

Can I do a long hot burnout and level out the lumps and bumps? (asked in a semi-joking manner...:redface

Any other suggestions?

 

[JustJason]

Re: "New" tires wearing badly, making lots of road noise. How to fix?

Have you brought them back to where you got them yet to see if they will warrantee them?

 

[BuzzStPoint]

Re: "New" tires wearing badly, making lots of road noise. How to fix?

SInce the tires are basically junk.

There are 2 ways of fixing this.. Find a recap shop and they can shave the tire smooth. (A tire manufacture if you live by one)
Or the backwoods redneck way or smoothing the tires out.

Do a good brake torque for a bit. Swap the fronts and backs, and do another brake torque.. It wont get them perfect but it can help.



Before you do any of this, Check with the installing shop for any kind of warranty. Hell they may even cut you a break on replacing the with a new set.

 

[dolluper]

Re: "New" tires wearing badly, making lots of road noise. How to fix?

One tire only with alot of weights you say....usually means a bad tire or rim...Go back to where you bought them....has to have some kind of warrenty....I second saying those aren't the best tires to use...alot better for the same price

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: "New" tires wearing badly, making lots of road noise. How to fix?

Two things come to mind.....

If the tires are wearing oddly and the alignment is right .....it could be worn shocks causing the wear.

Second...... find a shop that has a "force balance" machine and have them force balanced.

One tire with lots of weights should be unmounted and re-mounted........ there was an error made (commom rookie error in mounting).

 

[scooper77515]

Re: "New" tires wearing badly, making lots of road noise. How to fix?

Shocks and all balljoints were replaced just prior to installation of these tires.

I will call them and see if they will warranty them toward a new set.

Brake Torque = Burnout?

Like this? If so, my wife is pretty good at those.

 

[scooper77515]

Re: "New" tires wearing badly, making lots of road noise. How to fix?

Just doublechecked...got tires and new shocks at same time. That was at 124k and now at 166k so i should just call em dead and replace.tires.and shocks again.

Suggestions for.shocks, please? Tow boat 20 miles week, drive 100-125 miles.

 

[j_martin]

Re: "New" tires wearing badly, making lots of road noise. How to fix?

Look at the chit eatin' grin on that babe. What a riot.

Shocks and all balljoints were replaced just prior to installation of these tires.

I will call them and see if they will warranty them toward a new set.

Brake Torque = Burnout?

Like this? If so, my wife is pretty good at those.

 

[Gary H NC]

Re: "New" tires wearing badly, making lots of road noise. How to fix?

When you get the next set watch them balance them.If one tire takes a ton of weights it needs broke loose from the bead and turned 180 degrees.
If it still needs a bunch of weight it is a bad tire or rim....usually the tire.

 

[642mx]

Re: "New" tires wearing badly, making lots of road noise. How to fix?

Just doublechecked...got tires and new shocks at same time. That was at 124k and now at 166k so i should just call em dead and replace.tires.and shocks again.

Suggestions for.shocks, please? Tow boat 20 miles week, drive 100-125 miles.

You got 42K out of a 20 inch tire?... That's really good for a 20". Replace them and move on. High quality shocks typically last 80K miles on-road... off-roading is a different story.

And remember, always have the alignment checked everytime you replace a set of tires. Some shops will even check the alignment for free.

 

[BuzzStPoint]

Re: "New" tires wearing badly, making lots of road noise. How to fix?

Like this? If so, my wife is pretty good at those.

Yup, that'll take the un even edges off

 

[rbh]

Re: "New" tires wearing badly, making lots of road noise. How to fix?

This year I expierenced a new to me thing CUPPED TIRES???
f350 4x4, bad tie rod ends, really bad shocks including the steering/bump shock.

so cupped tires went to the outers of the duellys, best tires from the back went to the front.

 

[ufm82]

Re: "New" tires wearing badly, making lots of road noise. How to fix?

I finally replaced the stock shocks on my '01 Ford SuperCrew and bought the Monroe Sensatracs. WOW! I know as shocks wear the change is so subtle that you don't really notice it but when I changed the shocks out I wasn't ready for the difference. Smooth wasn't the word- it was like night and day. The rear end no longer jumped around when hitting a big bump, body sway was vastly improved and even my wife (who wouldn't notice if the truck was on fire) said the truck rode so much better. Towing the boat even felt better but that might have been psychological. LOL

They weren't the highest level shocks Monroe sells but they are fabulous. Plus they had a rebate on them and I got one free.

UFM82

 

[SS MAYFLOAT]

Re: "New" tires wearing badly, making lots of road noise. How to fix?

I don't care much for the Wranglers. Never had good results from them. The old saying goes "You get what you pay for". Since I changed brands, I have tons of better wear. I did go through several sets of Goodrich Commercial T/A's, but I think after due time, they changed their formula as they didn't last as long as the first set I purchased. Right now, I've got Firestone Transforcers. No more rear end flex on the sidewalls as I did with the Wranglers and Com T/A's. I would have preferred to have gotten the OEM which was Bridgestones as I got 68K miles on them.

 

[Lakemeadan]

Re: "New" tires wearing badly, making lots of road noise. How to fix?

I'm talking to a tire tech right now where I work. He thinks you may have a bent rim if it took all them weights. Also, how did the first two set of tires do? He also said them tires are a low cost tire and wear faster than others. He said the tire tech that mounted the tire should have turned it 180 degrees on the rim than balance again. The tires with the most weights always go on the back.

 

[mommicked]

Re: "New" tires wearing badly, making lots of road noise. How to fix?

I bought some Wranglers years ago and they were crap.same symptoms,vibration at speed when brand new.my wheels were straight,shocks were too.lots of lead applied.they were all terrains and quickly wore unevenly and really shook my toyota shortbed 4x4 at highway speed.the traction off road was lousy also.I should have demanded replacement or refund but i only drove the truck on weekends for a while and it was to late when I realized the tires were the problem.they lasted less than 20000 miles,w frequent rotation and balancing. I will never buy anymore no matter how good they may be now!Scooper77515,nice Maverick,dont see alot of them hotrodded anymore!A friend had one in the early 80s. guys laughed at it until he showed them the back end of it in a drag race!!

 

[642mx]

Re: "New" tires wearing badly, making lots of road noise. How to fix?

I've never been much of a Goodyear fan... had them on a AWD Explorer and they sucked.

In my own personal experience.... nothing, and I mean NOTHING compares to BFG All Terrian KO's... they last at least 50K miles and will go through pretty much anything off-road... and they are as quiet as a car tire.

 

[mommicked]

Re: "New" tires wearing badly, making lots of road noise. How to fix?

What he said.I think the older BFGs wore faster but the KOsI have now still have the nubs from the injection on them w 10000+ miles.very little wear.great ride for 33-12.50 15s and good rain and mud traction for an all terrain.sometimes better traction than an aggressive mud tire in certain conditions offroad.wet slopes,sand or hard wet clay.

 

[scooper77515]

Re: "New" tires wearing badly, making lots of road noise. How to fix?

I ended up with the BFGs, just due to price. Still cost me $855 after balance, install, etc.

Truck is SILENT on the roads now. And only one small piece of lead on each tire, 2 on one.

Those Michelins are OUTRAGEOUS!!!

Buying a house in the next week or so, so gotta keep as much money as I can IN my bank account, not in my truck!

 

[642mx]

Re: "New" tires wearing badly, making lots of road noise. How to fix?

I ended up with the BFGs, just due to price. Still cost me $855 after balance, install, etc.

Truck is SILENT on the roads now. And only one small piece of lead on each tire, 2 on one.

Those Michelins are OUTRAGEOUS!!!

Buying a house in the next week or so, so gotta keep as much money as I can IN my bank account, not in my truck!

Which BFG did you get? $855 sounds to cheap for All Terrian KO's...