August 25, 2008

I had this problem in my PT a while back and is ok now. My drivers side rear tire was getting some unusual wear on the outside of the tread only. It would wear thick and thin on each part of the tread all the way around on the outer edge only and now it's been happening on my wife's PT too. I'm confused because mine is an 01 and hers is an 05 GT. I also noticed that there is alot of "play" on the side where the tire is wearing like it's bouncing or something,same thing happened to mine too. I was told at a shop that it's due to them being so light weight in the rear. When I replaced my bushings with the Hyperflex master bushing set I noticed it went away completely.
Anyone else having this happen to them????????????

Thanks for any info,
Jeff LaMontagne
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August 26, 2008

Nope...never had that happen on the PT...The tires I have ran from 17" to 15" all have worn evenly...maybe it is the roads. They are not all that smooth out here, but didn't you say you drive a dirt road every day? I wonder if it is all the jaring around doing it. I sued to live ona dirt that was 1/2 mile long and I had to replace my shocks twice in two years..

August 28, 2008

I am skeptical to say that it's from the dirt road we live on. I only drive 10 my wife may drive around 15, yeah it is a bumpy road but it is nice and flat. The thing that gets me is that it is the drivers side rear tire on her PT just like mine, no other tires. I am leaning more toward the PT being so light weight and the OEM suspension and bushings not being able to hold their own. We do have some of the worst paved roads here in Oklahoma too.
Thanks for the reply PTDaddy. If anyone else has experienced this same problem, please let me know. I'd like to try to narrow the cause of this down. Any other suggestions or comments??

Thanks,
Jeff LaMontagne

August 30, 2008

Jeff,

Still, running on my OEM tires, and I have an 05, and my tires are fine, 48K on them. No uneven wear. I might have said your tires were defective, but your wife is driving an 05 so it's not like it's same year and the factory had a bad batch of tires.

Best of luck finding the cause!


John