I took another look at my tires. It only appears to have happened to be the
ones from the back before I had the rotation. When I examine the tread, the
inside most row of tread appears "fish scaled". The tread to the front of
the truck is higher than the one in front of it...
Take a bar of printed music, the one with the bridge sloped upward, and put
two of them together... That is what I'm seeing...
Also, on a somewhat related issue, I am getting a nasty pulsing (feeling)
coming through the driver's side left footrest. It gets so bad, that I
cannot keep my foot on it constantly. It happens most between 15-25 and all
the time when the temperature gets below 65 degrees.
I already had the dealer do a complete replacement of the front brakes
(rotors/shoes) due to warping. I hoped that solved the problem but it did
not. Is there anything else I can have them look at?
Thanks!
Chris
'99 Dakota Sport + CC 4x4 Amethyst
P.S. Is it required to have the selling dealership service the vehicle on
some occasions? A dealer that is only 5 min away insists that I take it to
where I bought it (35 mi away). I don't think this should be the case.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bernd D. Ratsch <bernd@texas.net>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Monday, September 20, 1999 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Need help with tire issue...
>"Cupping" is normally caused by worn shocks. "Feathering" or "Fish Scale"
>is normally caused by the Toe adjustment being out of whack.
>
>Have the dealer check your shocks/alignment and have them replace the
>tires. 13K miles is not what I would call acceptable wear...cupping
>normally takes about 5K mile to wear the tires really bad.
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