See picture and I plan to replace it but is this a bad tire, a worn component... suspension or bearings or? I do get a vibration between 68 and 71 mph on certain roadways but it is not always noticeable.
Ron Davis
1994 Newell #365 (New Owner July 2025)
1996 Beaver Patriot (frame damaged)
1994 Tioga Class C (previous caretaker)
My teen son and I travel the U.S. fulltime for the last 5 years.
Summer in the Midwest, Winter in the South.
Intentionally Independent and helping others do the same.
(11-18-2025, 11:11 AM)Rixson Wrote: See picture and I plan to replace it but is this a bad tire, a worn component... suspension or bearings or? I do get a vibration between 68 and 71 mph on certain roadways but it is not always noticeable.
On my motorcycle I saw this type of wear once with an underinflation issue.
Is this the tag tire? If so I would think about bad shocks, or it could be just from scrubbing during turns. You may also want to make sure that the air bags are properly inflating. What is the age of the airbags on the tag, maybe they are leaking and not keeping adequate pressure on the tire allowing it to skid under braking. As others said check the inflation pressure is correct.
Bearings and shocks should be checked as Jeff said.
I based my guess on the number of tag bushings that I have seen that are kaput and allow the tire to go out of alignment. So the tire is being dragged down the road. Lower air pressures make the tag edge dig in causing the scallop.
Some enterprising fellow ran an experiment once to lower the tag pressure to the minimum because that was still above the weight on the tire. 500 mile later the tag looked exactly like the one in the picture. Needless to say the inflation was increased right then and there.
Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
95 Newell, 390 Ex caretaker
99 Newell, 512 Ex caretaker
07 Prevost Marathon, 1025
Maverick Hybrid Toad
Inverness, FL (when we're home )
Well, I appreciate all the responses.I failed to get back in here.A couple of days ago when I meant to. This is actually a steer tire..passenger side and i've checked the inflation often they a consistently right at 100...
I don't know why I didn't make it clear which tire location it was sorry for the confusion..
Ron Davis
1994 Newell #365 (New Owner July 2025)
1996 Beaver Patriot (frame damaged)
1994 Tioga Class C (previous caretaker)
My teen son and I travel the U.S. fulltime for the last 5 years.
Summer in the Midwest, Winter in the South.
Intentionally Independent and helping others do the same.
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