Front or Rear Wear Faster.

[YPCUB]

Hey Guys,

I have a bit of a dilemma. My Gladiator came with a bad alignment (used) with a lot of front toe in. I noticed it fairly quick but front tires were at 60% and the rears are still like brand new. I'm normally religious on rotations, but because of this uneven wear I cannot rotate like normal. So I moved fronts to back and backs to front with a cross like directional tires. Now the worn tires are on the back. I have been watching them for the past few months and I cannot tell if the fronts or backs are wearing faster. Mostly on road driving.

Can anyone share with me if they are finding the fronts or rears are wearing faster. Id like to put the better tires on that axle to try and even them up so I can properly rotate them in future. I have seen some jeeps wear fronts faster but some trucks wear rears faster so I'm just not sure.

Appreciate any feedback.

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[Lost1wing]

Most everything that I've owned, wore the front tires fast than the rears. The only exception was when I was young, I wore out the rear tires quicker on the Mustang.

 

[JT1]

The fronts on most jeeps wear faster, and they will also cup/scallop if you have an M/T. That's why the X rotation, moving the driver's front to the passenger rear and passenger front to driver rear. Rears move directly forward. This cross will flatten the scalloping that develops if you rotate often enough. They will be noisy for a couple weeks after the rotation.

 

[IanNubbit]

“Normal” wear would be fronts slightly more then rears due to steering and breaking. BUT, from my experience, between modifications done, and above all else, how you drive, is what impacts it the most. Hard accelerations all the time, and limited turning (highway use with minimal on/off ramps) the rear are wearing first. Try and drive like a sports cars with hard cornering, front with wear heavily on the outer edge and same for the rear but not as bad. Drive calm and collected and respect the thing while jeeping at or under 65mph, very very little wear will occur in the rear, and maybe 1/64” of wear up front per 5k miles (my experience). All this changes with temp, and tire pressures, tires, set-up etc. but big take away, it depends, but normal is fronts wear first

 

[Kevin_D]

Most everything that I've owned, wore the front tires fast than the rears. The only exception was when I was young, I wore out the rear tires quicker on the Mustang.

Really?
I usually get more wear on the rear.
Front wheel drive excluded…

Kevin

 

[Lost1wing]

My Crown Victorias always wear faster in the front. Like what was mentioned above, braking and loading them up in a curve and constant turning. My Jettas wear about the same even being a front wheel drive.

 

[Discount Tire]

As a rule of thumb, front tires will wear slightly faster than rear tires as they are used for steering and braking. There are other factors that can determine which tires wear at a faster rate, such as vehicle weight, use, power train, and weather or not the vehicle is RWD,FWD, AWD or 4X4.

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