What Causes Wearing on Car Tires?
Car tires are designed to last for thousands of miles before they ultimately wear out and need to be replaced. Although car tires come in a variety of different sizes, treads, models and designs, there are a number of factors that cause tires to wear out faster.
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Poor Wheel Alignment
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Vehicle tires that are improperly aligned experience abnormal and increased tire tread wear. This is due to the abnormal angles that improperly aligned vehicle tires strike the ground or road surface. Most improperly aligned vehicle tires show unilateral tread wear, which is tread wear that is typically located to one side of the tire.
Improperly Inflated Tires
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Vehicle tires that are improperly inflated, whether over or under inflated, strike the ground or road surface at abnormal angles. These angles place increased stress and weight on the parts of the tires that are contacting the ground. This causes increased tire wear.
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Bad Shocks/Struts
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Shocks and struts, which are part of a car's suspension system, serve to keep vehicle weight stabilized and supported. Shocks that are bad or worn lose their stabilizing abilities, allowing excessive car weight to be placed on both the front and rear tires of a car. This excessive weight causes accelerated tire wear.
Worn Ball Joints
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Ball joints are a critical vehicle suspension part that helps to stabilize and align a vehicle's front end, which also includes a vehicle's front tires. Worn ball joints allows a car's front end to shift slightly and lose its normal alignment, which negatively impacts the alignment and road surface contact of a car's front tires, which ultimately leads to increased tire wear.
Worn Suspension Tie Rods
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Suspension tie rods are part of a vehicle's front suspension that connect both front tires together. Tie rods are responsible for keeping both front tires in proper alignment and under proper tension. When tie rods wear out, they become loose and lose their abilities to keep a car's front tires under proper tension and under proper alignment.
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