MOPED ARMY

There are some factors to consider first. Quality of said tire(s). Speed rating on said tire(s). Were the tires used? How old are they? Dot regulations require a four digit date code to be on every road tire that specifies the week and year of manufacture. That code is within an oval stamp on the side wall. Also, the tire will have accelerated wear if it was not properly spin balanced. Cheaper tires will have lower speed ratings and thus wear out faster, especially if that rating is exceeded. At some point I would get the vehicle in to have the alignment checked before jumping to any conclusions. (edited)

And to be fair if I'm wrong I will post results even if it makes me look bad. I'll try to get it done tomorrow.

Too late the steel wire jabbed me in the finger and I made this post. But you can see in the pictures the other side doesn't look as bad, Evil appears to be right and I'm wrong I think.

I'll give myself a bit of a break that steel wire really hurt! And I've seen NTB pull some shady stuff.

In this case though it probably is aligned and the Wal-Mart tire/balancing job plus age, speed, and miles may be the culprit.

Lessons learned, I'm a bit smarter and humbled now.

Also thanks for the advice!! I really appreciate it.

I'll check the rack again when I get back under it.

Those tires are dry rotted and need to be replaced anyway. (edited)

So I'm confused? Is angry hipster and mild mods the the same person? Thread started by mild mods but pictures posted by angry hipster?

Haha, I will neither confirm nor deny. I lost my password and made a new account for my phone. - I almost thought it was going to go unnoticed...

I did the tie rod ends then had an alignment. The tires are old..

I didn't really look them over too well after getting lacerated by the surprise steel cord. I assumed that they had been wearing on the inside..

That was my mistake.. Assuming..

Anyhow thanks for the help, I think it was a pothole and yes, the tire was old and needed to be replaced anyway.

These days I'm more in the chips so to speak and there is some maintence I need to perform to on the family fleet that is overdue, tires, belts, hoses, plugs, etc.

I would say fuel filter but I just found out one of the cars doesn't come with it from the factory. Times keep changing. . I would imagine it would make certain hipsters kind of angry. . . (edited)

07 Malibu, it comes with just the sock in the tank apparently.I just learned that today.

my frame seems bent, the alignment is maxed out and still off, the left front tire sits very close to the back of the wheel well, while the right nearly touches the front. Not exactly sure what that means

Nothing good.... :/

Several year span of Dakota's are the same way (97-2004) The fuel filter is built into the in-tank fuel pump with pick-up screen sock and is non serviceable. Prior years had an inline filter under cab on frame rail on drivers side. (edited)

I got it cheap. it looks like it's been curbed a few hundred times. I don't rely on it much and it works - I regularly see far worse on the road. But it's definitely fucked up somewhere. maybe it is the tierod or something. not even sure what to look at in ther.

Is the second picture of the left tire, or just a different area of the right tire?

I don't know hipster but by his deceptive explanation to the MA people in his first post that he owned up to when it was brought out feel he was possibly trying to get the people to provide a free aligment and possibly tires...this is a nihtmare type customer ..you try to keep a good reputation but there are times you have to say no way..however had this came about at my shop i would have been reasonanle in explaining the real problem and if he percisted would have taken it in the shop,done an alignment,put on a new tire ,had him drive it to see if it was to satisfaction then ask him to please take his vehicle somewhere else if he needed work done in the future,thanked him for his previous business and walked away ...

I wasn't out to get any free stuff, I was unexpectedly stabbed by a steel belt and wrongly assumed the tire was severely worn on the inside and made this stupid hasty post while I was taking a break.

I already checked the steering system for tie rod/rack bushing wear so I knew it was tight, and I assumed the alignment was done.

Once I realized the wear was only on one spot on the tire I had a new tire installed and the car now tracks straight and I'm calling it good.

However, if the tire had been unevenly worn on the inside like that all the way around and the steering system checked it would be reasonable to assume the alignment wasn't done. Another alignment would verify that.

I make lots of mistakes, my slander wasn't intentional and I did admit I was wrong. My intention was not to rip anyone off or get anything free.