Feathering on Tires after Alignment

Hi,

I got new General 50,000 tires and an alignment , both from Sears,
about 1,000 miles ago. Already, both tires are feathering, in a front
to back direction, all over the surface (not just outer an inner
edges). I would guess this means Sears hosed up the alignment, right?


This means toe in / toe out is at 0 degrees ? I read somewhere that
a 0 degree toe in / toe out would result in feathering.

Thanks

Actually on most frt wheel drive vehicles with rack and pinion, 0 would be
about right, rear w/d with old style steering linkage has more toe in, did
they give an afeer alignment printout.
"Caprice85" > wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I got new General 50,000 tires and an alignment , both from Sears,
> about 1,000 miles ago. Already, both tires are feathering, in a front
> to back direction, all over the surface (not just outer an inner
> edges). I would guess this means Sears hosed up the alignment, right?
>
>
> This means toe in / toe out is at 0 degrees ? I read somewhere that
> a 0 degree toe in / toe out would result in feathering.
>
> Thanks
>
>



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so you own an 85 caprice?

>>so you own an 85 caprice? <<

Yep.

Shep wrote :
>>did
they give an afeer alignment printout. <<

Yes. They set the toe rigfht in the middle of the upper and lower
bounds. So, at least according to the printout, the toe is correct. The
range is .05 inch to .10 inch, and front and left are both set to .08.

The feathering is front to back, not side to side. I'm used to seeing
it side to side, not front to back.

Caprice85 wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I got new General 50,000 tires and an alignment , both from Sears,
> about 1,000 miles ago. Already, both tires are feathering, in a front
> to back direction, all over the surface (not just outer an inner
> edges). I would guess this means Sears hosed up the alignment, right?
>
> This means toe in / toe out is at 0 degrees ? I read somewhere that
> a 0 degree toe in / toe out would result in feathering.
>
> Thanks

Most likely front struts are bad - my guess. Incorrect toe-in would be
side-to-side feathering.

Frank