Bad Tires!!!!!!!! BAD TIRES !!!!!!!!!! A manufacturing problem. Don't ask
for an explanation, I do not wish to spend the rest of my life educating you
about tires.
"Mike Romain" > wrote in message
...
> You have defective shocks. There is no other way all 4 tires can be
> cupped.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Helvis wrote:
>>
>> I took my Ranger in for an oil change and tire rotation at Meineke. It
>> has
>> 13,400 miles on it and is 2WD. It had 18 miles on it when I got it from
>> the
>> dealer.
>>
>> This was the first time that I had the tires rotated. I'm sure it was
>> over
>> due but I didn't think it was by much. The mechanic called me out to the
>> garage and showed me that the all 4 tires were cupping and said that it
>> was
>> because of defective shocks. He said that the front tires were the worst
>> but the back tires were in trouble too. He knew that it didn't have many
>> miles on it and suggested that I raise hell with the dealer to have the
>> shocks replaced before it ate up my tires any more. He did rotate them
>> left
>> to right so as to leave the better tires on the back for traction.
>>
>> I called the service desk at the dealer and he told me that the cupping
>> would not be caused by bad shocks and that it had to be because of
>> misalignment or lack of rotation. He said that the front wheels had to
>> be
>> misaligned and the back tires had been rotated so they were also showing
>> the
>> wear also. I know that this is not the case since they had never been
>> rotated before.
>>
>> So here are my questions to you guys:
>>
>> Do bad shocks lead to cupping?
>>
>> How does lack of rotation cause cupping on the back tires when it has a
>> fixed axle that needs no alignment?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your opinions.