{"id":42226,"date":"2022-12-20T07:00:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?p=42226"},"modified":"2024-03-23T08:05:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T15:05:54","slug":"q-whats-causing-my-rear-tires-to-wear-on-the-outside-of-the-tread-more-than-the-front-tires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/q-whats-causing-my-rear-tires-to-wear-on-the-outside-of-the-tread-more-than-the-front-tires\/","title":{"rendered":"Q: What\u2019s causing my rear tires to wear on the outside of the tread more than the front tires?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42227 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ask-Ross-image-2-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/>Q<\/strong>: <em>\u201c<\/em><em>My rear and front<\/em><em> tires<\/em><em> are showing consistent temp across the <\/em><em>tread<\/em><em> surface<\/em><em>,<\/em><em> but I&#8217;ve noticed my rear tires are wearing excessively on the outer side. What is causing this and what can I do to address this?<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong>: It sounds to me like you may not have enough pressure in your rear tires, and that\u2019s why the sidewalls are \u201crolling over,\u201d causing excessive wear on the outer side. And since your front and rear tires are showing consistent temp across the tread surface, I\u2019d suggest raising the front pressures an equal amount to what you add to the rear.<\/p>\n<p>A question I have for you is whether the \u201cexcessive\u201d wear is really excessive? Since I don\u2019t know your experience level of track driving, I could assume that you\u2019re relatively new to the sport. If that\u2019s the case, what you see as excessive may be normal for high-performance driving. I\u2019d recommend asking around the paddock of the experienced drivers, especially those who use similar tires and a car like yours. They may tell you that what you\u2019re seeing is normal.<\/p>\n<p>If what you\u2019re seeing is truly excessive, then I\u2019d start by raising the pressures by 2-4 psi, and see if it changes. You can then begin to fine-tune from there, looking for the ideal balance between wear and handling grip.<\/p>\n<p>Something else that could be contributing to more wear on the outside of the tire on the rear is not enough negative camber. As an example, if your car has a solid rear axle where you can\u2019t adjust the camber, any amount of high cornering load is going to result in more wear on the outside of the tread than on the front where you likely have some amount of negative camber. If you can\u2019t adjust camber on the rear of your car\u2026 well, you just have to live with wearing the rear tires faster than the fronts. That\u2019s the price you pay for the fun of track driving!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: \u201cMy rear and front tires are showing consistent temp across the tread surface, but I&#8217;ve noticed my rear tires are wearing excessively on the outer side. What is causing this and what can I do to address this?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask-ross"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42226"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42229,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42226\/revisions\/42229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}