Hey gang. I'm trying to get some suggestions as to what might be causing my tire wear. My ride is a '03 Envoy XL with 264,700 miles. I've noticed recently a slight vibration when driving on the highway and it seems to be tied in to the front end. It's not that bad but enough that you can see the water inside a bottle of water vibrating and I can feel it in the steering wheel. The truck is still tracking nice and straight and the vibration seems to be getting worse.
I started to look into it yesterday and saw both front tires are very worn on the inner edge. They appear to be pretty evenly worn around the entire tire and both tires look to be worn about the same. I rotated the tires about 2 1/2 months ago but have also driven 5,500 miles since then. The tires previously on the fronts did not have this wear on them at all so it seems like a very recent issue. I was hoping to wait until the new year to get new tires but I'm afraid this situation is going to wear them out well before the new year. I also don't want to get new tires and have them wear out as well.
When I had the truck up yesterday, everything seems pretty solid except for 1 of the bolts for the lower control arm bushing on the driver side. I couldn't get it to tighten any more but when trying to shake the tire I could see it move (it moved maybe 1-2 mm). I was also able to move the control arm by the bolt slightly with a prybar. Does anyone think this one loose bolt would cause this sort of wear and would it cause both side or just the passenger side. I'm going to make some time over the weekend to look into it more but so far this was the only issue that stood out.
I started to look into it yesterday and saw both front tires are very worn on the inner edge. They appear to be pretty evenly worn around the entire tire and both tires look to be worn about the same. I rotated the tires about 2 1/2 months ago but have also driven 5,500 miles since then. The tires previously on the fronts did not have this wear on them at all so it seems like a very recent issue. I was hoping to wait until the new year to get new tires but I'm afraid this situation is going to wear them out well before the new year. I also don't want to get new tires and have them wear out as well.
When I had the truck up yesterday, everything seems pretty solid except for 1 of the bolts for the lower control arm bushing on the driver side. I couldn't get it to tighten any more but when trying to shake the tire I could see it move (it moved maybe 1-2 mm). I was also able to move the control arm by the bolt slightly with a prybar. Does anyone think this one loose bolt would cause this sort of wear and would it cause both side or just the passenger side. I'm going to make some time over the weekend to look into it more but so far this was the only issue that stood out.