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: Strange tire wear


Malcolm Royalty
01-18-2010, 09:53 AM
I have a 2006 C6 Z51. The right front tire has worn down to the core on the very inside edge. The left front tire is fine. Has anyone else had this problem??? Is it alighment? Also, Can I put new tires on that are not run flat??? If so, which tires? Thx Malcolm

gerry miller
01-18-2010, 11:25 AM
I have a 2006 C6 Z51. The right front tire has worn down to the core on the very inside edge. The left front tire is fine. Has anyone else had this problem??? Is it alighment? Also, Can I put new tires on that are not run flat??? If so, which tires? Thx Malcolm
Pretty common. Mine did it and had it re aligned with a hair less negative camber. Stock factory is set up with more negative camber for handling.
Camber is the tilt in or out of the front wheels.
Also you may have hit a bump or something and knocked alignment out a little. Mine was wore to steel cords on right front. Hope that helps:thumbsup::thumbsup:
I put front non run flats on and ran them while I ordered rear non flats to go with fronts. I drove it cross country with runflats in rear till I got new tires for back. Just be aware it might handle a little different at the limit.

fishslayer143@yahoo.com
01-18-2010, 03:37 PM
yeah, alignment should correct the problem unless you ve got a lot of miles and something is worn . and i got rid of run-flats too . drives better. I keep a small compressor and repair kit in the trunk

drivinfast
01-19-2010, 04:29 PM
too late for this, but if you buy the car new, you get about 500 miles on it and take it in for GMs free alignment. I did that for mine in 2006