RIGHT FRONT TIRE SHIMMY AND EXCESSIVE WEAR

[badgladgirl]

I have a 2020 sport and from the get go, the right front tire has worn down prematurely. at 67 mph, I start to get a cyclic shimmy from that tire, worse when going around wide turns to the left. alignment is fine, toe in is at 3/8". seems to be worse when going around a broad turn to the left. irregular tire wear on front of tread, and some on outside of tire. no loose suspension components, no damage to axle boots. any ideas? thanks i

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[sass JT]

Ball joints??? Throwing a thought here

 

[Randonexplosion]

3/8s is a lot of toe. Ive always set mine at half that, 3/16s.

 

[Rusty PW]

Are the nuts on the ball joints torqued. There has been a few posts on here that wasn't.

 

[badgladgirl]

thank you for the suggestions. i will take a look at those options. another person in my circle suggested camber set sloppy at the factory (shocker) i am going to tackle this this weekend.

 

[FIG]

Did you figure this one out? I'm having the same issue, Thinking ball joints or tie rods, but I don't see any play when inspecting.

 

[badgladgirl]

I tightened my ball joints and adjusted the toe in. I reduced it from 3/8 which was from the dealer/factory, to 3/16 which took care of the rhythmic shimmer as well as the weird outer tire wear. So far I’m super happy with the results from that as it’s been about 4k miles and no weird wear or cupping. I did also check the bolts on my track bar, control arms, and the my end links. More than half were tight, but not tight enough so I’m not sure what did it but something sure fixed the problem.

 

[badgladgirl]

3/8s is a lot of toe. Ive always set mine at half that, 3/16s.

Thanks for the toe in measurement. I think that went quite far in fixing the issue

 

[FIG]

I tightened my ball joints and adjusted the toe in. I reduced it from 3/8 which was from the dealer/factory, to 3/16 which took care of the rhythmic shimmer as well as the weird outer tire wear. So far I’m super happy with the results from that as it’s been about 4k miles and no weird wear or cupping. I did also check the bolts on my track bar, control arms, and the my end links. More than half were tight, but not tight enough so I’m not sure what did it but something sure fixed the problem.

I appreciate the reply, going to try that this weekend.

 

[DocMike]

Tire size? Wondering if it is out of balance too.

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