Front tire wear.

[JerryandAudra]

Maybe off topic, but I have a 2015 ram 3500 4x4 an I am experiencing heavy tire wear on the outside edges of the tires. The truck is just over a year old with 22k and towing a crusader 370BHQ. All together towing miles with the travel trailer and then moving up to the 5er is about 7500 miles. So the truck has been without a load on it most of the time. I have been to the dealership and had the alignment checked 2 times and they tell me that it's fine and that its just they way the trucks are made because of the straight axle. They also told me that a lot of people out there just choose to run their trucks until the front tires wear out because of the cost of a rotation with having the Alcoa wheels on the truck. Just wanting to fine out if anyone else out there with this year and model of truck is experiencing these same issues and is there any fixes.

[Kenny kustom]

Did yours cone with the NEXEN tires?


2016 Sabre 36QBOK
2015 Ram 3500 CUMMINS

I am nice!

[JerryandAudra]

Yes, mine did come with the NEXEN brand tires, I had wondered if it could just be the brand of tires that the manufacture is using.

[Kenny kustom]

Yea. I noticed the tires when I drove the dually at the dealer.

That would have been the first thing I replaced.

Let them wear, then toss em out!


2016 Sabre 36QBOK
2015 Ram 3500 CUMMINS

I am nice!

[phillyg]

I've only owned Fords, but that dealer response sounds like BS to me.

[GOTTOYS]

Lets see...Truck is made in Mexico by a company owned by Italians and now they're putting Korean tires on them...Glad I have a good old American made Chevrolet...

[JerryandAudra]

Yes any of them have there issues at some point. Is it frustrating to have this with a new truck why yes, but it can be fixed. I will say this even if I had know about the tire wear problem before hand I still would have purchased the truck, and frankly IMO I will take my cummins turbo diesel any day. In the end I was just seeing if anyone else has had to deal with or seen this issue. I do know after dealing with the local dealership here that I will probably take it to some place like a Firestone service center when I am ready for tires and have them run the alignment on it as well.

[Kenny kustom]

Originally Posted by JerryandAudra

Yes any of them have there issues at some point. Is it frustrating to have this with a new truck why yes, but it can be fixed. I will say this even if I had know about the tire wear problem before hand I still would have purchased the truck, and frankly IMO I will take my cummins turbo diesel any day. In the end I was just seeing if anyone else has had to deal with or seen this issue. I do know after dealing with the local dealership here that I will probably take it to some place like a Firestone service center when I am ready for tires and have them run the alignment on it as well.

Right on.

I'm in love with my 3500 ram as well.
They are crap tires. Plain and simple.
Easy fix. Buy new tires. The dually is the only one with the NEXEN brand tires on them.


2016 Sabre 36QBOK
2015 Ram 3500 CUMMINS

I am nice!

[Happy Vibe]

I think you will find a lot of OEM tires are junk. The goodyear's on my RAM 1500 are terrible. The factory buys them at a price point. I've herd that the OEM version of a tire will be different than one you would buy from a tire dealer, not sure if that is true.

[doc73]

I would not be shocked, a lot of places have lesser quality stuff they sell, looks the same but made cheaper for places like outlets and such.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk

[MillerTime]

Originally Posted by Happy Vibe

I think you will find a lot of OEM tires are junk. The goodyear's on my RAM 1500 are terrible. The factory buys them at a price point. I've herd that the OEM version of a tire will be different than one you would buy from a tire dealer, not sure if that is true.

On my wifes tahoes over the years, I've put the Dodge factory type...goodyear wrangler hp tires (same size and brand 100%) but from a tire dealer, and the same goodyear eagle Ls2 that gm used on 20"s (also from a tire dealer). Both goodyears were junk tires. I hated them and had so many broke bands with over half tread.
Ive had nexen tires on her most recent tahoe with 22's and they are doing great. My tire dealer buddy says they are almost as good as Michelin tires.
Maybe they arnt as good in a solid axle configuration?

Op....
I would try another alignment shop, and not a firestone. Ask at some bodyshops who they use. We have to go over to a firestone that our shop uses sometimes to show them how to align some of our vehicles. The cant figure stuff out if it doesn't have an adjustable cam on the bolt or have threads to adjust. Solid axles take someone that knows thier stuff, not a newby that just got out of a Hunter class.

[A32Deuce]

Find a shop at deals in 4x4'. Good ones that install usually do a good alignment. I have a local shop like that. Does a super job.

[Kenny kustom]

The biggest issue with alignment is, as soon as you hook up, alignment is out.

I once had a very, very large customer. ( over 500lbs)

Did the alignment with him sitting in the drivers seat.

Never came back!
Perfect with him in... Way out empty.


2016 Sabre 36QBOK
2015 Ram 3500 CUMMINS

I am nice!

[MillerTime]

Originally Posted by Kenny kustom

The biggest issue with alignment is, as soon as you hook up, alignment is out.

I once had a very, very large customer. ( over 500lbs)

Did the alignment with him sitting in the drivers seat.

Never came back!
Perfect with him in... Way out empty.


2016 Sabre 36QBOK
2015 Ram 3500 CUMMINS

I am nice!

I've seen that done on "big" customers.

Typically a load will increase caster and in my opinion is better because it will increase the, pull back to center, of front wheels. Caster isnt a tire wear issue though.
Seems to me the camber is severely off on OP's front end or the toe is off. I would also check the ballance of the tires just to see if there is anything there.
Off chance that there could be a defect in the axle housing.

[rracer5]

Had to replace the upper factory non-greasable ball joints on my 2011 due to excessive tire wear (cupping & outer wear). Replaced them with Moog greasable, oh, and did the lowers also while everything was apart.