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Originally Posted by diesel_john
The front ones are showing slightly more wear in the center. The back ones are even so time to rotate again. It appears that on this particular vehicle, the tires under heavy tractive and braking forces wear slightly more in the center, than the tires in back that just idle along.
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
I've worn the centers out due to high psi and they were radials.
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here are two examples of center wear due to high pressure, and as diesel_john points out (like i said earlier) there is more affecting the wear than just pressure. it is very much on of those things where "results will vary by user".
there are many factors which people are overlooking, another one ill toss in is the specific tires, take for example, the cheap tires from wal-mart, they are radials and when installed on a minivan and inflated properly they still fail, its because that is to much weight (which results in higher cornering and braking forces) for the tires. and again, driving style can combat the i'll effects of an over inflated tire. there is a reason why tires have things like load ratings, and max tire pressures, they are only man made objects and have there limits.
just my .02 but this is an endless debate because there are good examples on both sides of the fence, take my trans am for example, the center on my rear tires always wear out quicker, and that is at the proper tire inflation, i refuse to run lower than that though because it is worse to be at too low of a pressure than a slightly higher pressure.
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