Right front tire wearing on inside

[Wrongway]

I just noticed today that my right front tire is wearing badly on the inside. I check my air pressure on a regular basis and never noticed before.
Maybe because of the way I was parked outside and in the sun it just happened to catch my eye, who knows.
The tires have 6,000 miles on them. The left side tire looks almost like new as does the ourside of the right tire.
I had the dealer install the baja ron sway bar 1200 miles ago. Could this be the cause at all???

Obviously it looks like an alignment issue but I was wondering about the sway bar replacement so though I'd ask.

thanks
Greg

[RinconRyder]

I don't know if the Spyder has a camber adjustment but if the tire is leaning to the inside that will definitely wear the inside of the tire. It could also be that the toe-in is not adjusted correctly. You need to have the front end geometry checked and adjusted. In the meantime you can swap tires (unless they are directional) and save the worn tire a few more miles.

[Wrongway]

I don't know if the Spyder has a camber adjustment but if the tire is leaning to the inside that will definitely wear the inside of the tire. It could also be that the toe-in is not adjusted correctly. You need to have the front end geometry checked and adjusted. In the meantime you can swap tires (unless they are directional) and save the worn tire a few more miles.

Yes, they're directional. If I decide to have the dealer rotate them side to side, they're have to remove the tires from the rims and then re-balance them.
I'm not sure how much value there is in swapping them side to side after having an allignment done.
Would love to hear comments on the value of doing this as well.

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

I don't know if the Spyder has a camber adjustment but if the tire is leaning to the inside that will definitely wear the inside of the tire. It could also be that the toe-in is not adjusted correctly. You need to have the front end geometry checked and adjusted. In the meantime you can swap tires (unless they are directional) and save the worn tire a few more miles.

It doesn't - they are a fixed set-up .... the OP has alignment issues .... a Proper Laser alignment will fix His tire wear ... But not on the ones He's using now ... they are damaged and can't be reversed ,....Mike

[ARtraveler]

It doesn't - they are a fixed set-up .... the OP has alignment issues .... a Proper Laser alignment will fix His tire wear ... But not on the ones He's using now ... they are damaged and can't be reversed ,....Mike

x 2. Said well.

[fjray]

Make sure the alignment is done with the tires that are going to stay on the machine. changes in tire size can and will have an effect on the alignment. Even tires with the same indicated size will vary in height and width.

[Wrongway]

It doesn't - they are a fixed set-up .... the OP has alignment issues .... a Proper Laser alignment will fix His tire wear ... But not on the ones He's using now ... they are damaged and can't be reversed ,....Mike

Hi Mike:
So do you think I should replace the bad tire after the allignment or can I just leave it on until I'm ready to replace both??? It still has about 4mm of tread on the bad part of the tire.
Also, would the install of the sway bar have changed anything with regards to the allignment???

thanks
Greg

[SpyderAnn01]

Wrongway, don’t bother rotating the tires, they’re beyond that point. It does not matter if you change tires before or after your alignment and you can add a Sway Bar at anytime, it has no affect on the alignment.

[UtahPete]

Wrongway, don’t bother rotating the tires, they’re beyond that point. It does not matter if you change tires before or after your alignment and you can add a Sway Bar at anytime, it has no affect on the alignment.

Ann, last Spring I did a ride with SRA-So.Utah and noticed Roger had similar wear pattern, more on one tire than the other. He said he wanted to get that taken care of before they went to Quebec. Do you happen to remember that?

[RudyB]

Wrongway, don’t bother rotating the tires, they’re beyond that point. It does not matter if you change tires before or after your alignment and you can add a Sway Bar at anytime, it has no affect on the alignment.

Thanks Ann could not have said it better

[UtahPete]

Wrongway, don’t bother rotating the tires, they’re beyond that point. It does not matter if you change tires before or after your alignment and you can add a Sway Bar at anytime, it has no affect on the alignment.

Ann, do you still think that, based on the pics he just posted?

[Chupaca]

Had uneven wear on the front tires so got the alignment from Squared Away and rode another 20,000 miles and they evened up shortly before I replaced them. Depends....if your going to change it I would change them both before the alignment....

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

Could you post pictures of your two front tires so we can see just what you are talking about? If it is a severe camber problem, then laser alignment alone won't fix that I don't think.

The only way I can think of that Camber would cause the issue would be if He had an accident or Extreme POTHOLE .... The CAMBER is NON _ADJUSTABLE ...period .... And Ann chimed in and answered the rest ( and She's an EXPERT in alignment )..............Mike

[Wrongway]

Could you post pictures of your two front tires so we can see just what you are talking about? If it is a severe camber problem, then laser alignment alone won't fix that I don't think.

So I took pictures of both front tires but can't figure out how to post them here.