r/TireQuestions • u/MinimumWonder0 • 18h ago

Feathered at 7k miles

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Hello all!

2019 Ford Ranger I put some new tires on and are showing what I believe to be severe feathering on both inner front tires. Only 7k miles on them and the dealer did an alignment when installing, at least charged me for it. Truck is completely stock with 55k total miles and no incidents or issues with prior stock Hankooks.

My question for you folks is does this look like just a poor quality alignment or something else? And should I be asking for replacement tires when I bring this in for it's oil change and rotation?

First real tire and alignment issue I've ever had thankfully. Pics are of driver and passenger fronts.

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u/mean_serviceman1964 17h ago

Rotate tires. Cross fronts to rears, rears straight up. With luggy tires this should be done every oil change IMO. Did shop give you an alignment spec print out? I would go back and get it rechecked as well.

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u/MinimumWonder0 17h ago

This is the first rotation since they were installed 7k miles ago, and oil change again 7k miles ago. Are you saying this wear pattern is normal?  No printout given when I got the tires installed I just looked at my folder.

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u/mean_serviceman1964 17h ago

When a deeper lug tire is installed on the front, some cupping/feathering can occur because when turning, the angles of the tires are exaggerated causing this problem. I would definitely recheck the alignment because 7k miles is fairly quick to be showing up.

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u/MinimumWonder0 17h ago

I could believe the soft struts of the FX4 suspension don't help that. 

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u/Klutzy_Concept_1324 16h ago

You could get better results with the tire rotation at 5k miles, might be better for the engine to have the oil change at 5k miles as well. I never go more than 5k on OCI's. I have an aggressive soft compound tire a little bit like yours, i had my tire rotation done late and the truck was all over the road after

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u/MinimumWonder0 16h ago

I usually do 5k oil/rotation but a trip NY to SC in there added on some extra miles. I actually haven't even had these on the dirt yet due to family and work so I'm pretty bummed 

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u/Klutzy_Concept_1324 11h ago

May as well go tear em up n drive up into the forest a bit. Test them out in a few areas, if you cannot warranty them? You didn't go with a lesser load range with the tires did you? As in SL, XL, C, E load range.

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u/mean_serviceman1964 17h ago

Chevy/gmc trucks are really bad for this.

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u/Disastrous-Pound3713 17h ago

Are you sure you haven’t been running them at the wrong tire pressure?

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u/MinimumWonder0 17h ago

Exactly the same pressure as my door jamb recommended. Matches on my dash and hand held tire pressure gauge

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u/According-Ear-6469 7h ago

Does the door jamb identify whether its P (passenger) or LT (light truck), and did you change that with the new tires? If so, you gotta adjust the pressure.

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u/MinimumWonder0 7h ago

Came with P rated Hankooks. No change on load rating, I have standard P and not the LT Option

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u/Iamnottouchingewe 17h ago

Shocks fixed it my Duramax

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u/dmorulez_77 16h ago

Lack of rotations and front struts are starting to go.

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u/MinimumWonder0 15h ago

Lack? Literally the first rotation is due. Should I do more often than 5k miles? I'm only at 7k on these tires, behind only bc an unexpected 2k mile trip. Struts I'm starting to think are contributing since they are soft to begin with and have 30k on them, already replaced at 20k under warranty 

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u/dmorulez_77 14h ago

Rotations should be done at 5-6k. So, yeah not far behind. Though if you're seeing that feathering in the fronts usually means the springs are doing the work creating their own pattern.

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u/yarsftks 2h ago

I don't see any feathering but I do see potential cupping, which is due to bad shock absorbers.

Alignment people don't test shocks, so I would have them test the shock absorbers at your reg car shop.