Cool. Have a good relationship with the local Goodyear shop, as they do all our vehicle alignments. So if I can't identify anything based on tire wear or by doing the wobble test as you previously mentioned, I'll take her in to the shop. Not about to attempt myself. I'm decent with basic fluid changes and bolt-on items. I'm sure I could do it myself if I went to my friends who has all the equipment needed. But personally, I'd rather not chance it, as I'd most likely screw it or something else up in the process. As you stated, I'll have my local shop or Goodyear do the job. And as you and threads I've searched have suggested, I'll look into some moogs. No cupping on tires. But potentially the bald edge could be possible. I'll have to check the inside edges to see what they look like, as the outer edges look like normal wear. Issue is, being picky with the wear of my tires, if any vehicle I own encounters an alignment issue, I take it in ASAP. This truck has only been out of alignment once in the 6yrs I've owned it, which was aligned by Goodyear during the Summer of 2011. No alignment issues still, as she either goes straight or slightly to the right due to the slant of the road to the right. That's why I've contemplated installing a level but haven't pulled the trigger yet. Don't want to incur additional wear/tear/cost if at all possible. So more than likely, I'll never level the truck. It's been stock for 6yrs now, so no reason to change except maybe some slightly larger tires and aftermarket rims.
Okay, slight update. Keep in mind this was just an eye-ball test with the tires on the truck. So I'll get a better and closer inspection tomorrow (Saturday) when I have a chance to get the tires off. As well, I'll grab a tire tread gauge to get a more accurate tread depth. As for the fronts, I was unable to find any abnormal wear on either tire. Now this may be due to the weight of the front end, I'm unsure. The driver rear didn't show any real abnormal wear either, based on the eye-ball test. But it did appear that the inner lugs of the tire are slightly less worn and may have more edge to them. The passenger rear tire did appear to have a clear upward slope/angle from the outside to the inside of the tire (downward slope/angle from the inside to the outside). There seems to be some abnormal wear going on with this particular tire. Keep in mind the tires were just rotated by Ford on Wednesday, so if the tech rotated properly, this tire was most likely on the driver front prior to the rotation. Also, this may be why the fronts don't show any abnormal wear yet. Now if research serves me correctly, this means there is too much positive camber, correct? I did find RockAuto has the Moog ball-joints for roughly $50 a pair ($19.22 each with about $9 s/h). These are the correct ones, right? More Information for MOOG K80149 So first objective will be to check the tires this weekend, take into Goodyear, and if ball joints truly are needed and the issue simply isn't alignment related, I'll order the Moogs and have Goodyear install them soon rather than later. Don't need any excessive/abnormal wear on the tires or other suspension components.
No thanks. I'd stick to my fully boxed frame, spacious crew cab and very quiet interior. I'm at 162,000km and everything still works just fine. When I have to replace the uppers I'll upgrade to ReadyLift's upper control arms.
