good idea. One thing that still is in the back of my mind is that when i bought it the tire on the front drivers side was horrible. Same wear pattern but way worse. I rotated the tires and then replaced the shocks. Could I have that bad of luck to get a bad shock after the rotation? It's just wierd that it is always on the same corner.

 

Might be the wheel bearings are bad or a ball joint.

 

Good to know. I had no idea that either one of those things could cause a wear pattern like that. I think the popping could be another indication as well.

 

Ok, so you had an alignment, changed the shocks, and rotated the tires and you still feel the same thing? You still have the same tire with funky wear on the vehicle. The tire will not grow rubber in the bad spots because you corrected the problem. Once the tire has abnormal wear, it will still wear that way even though the cause of the wear has been fixed. It may wear a little less than if the problem was never fixed, but it's still going to wear abnormally. I've done alignments for a living at one point in my life, I always had to explain why a customer's tires were still wearing all funky even after an alignment. I would always start out by saying "tires don't grow rubber", just to get my point across. The add " your next set will live a lot longer because of the corrected alignment".

 

although the person who is alligning your truck should check these for you before he aligns it.. id check them yourself.

make sure the lug nuts are tight. make sure your wheel bearing is good. make sure all your ball joints are good.

then have someone start the truck and sit in side and move the wheels back and forth and look at all the joints. make sure their all tight and not loose. as in make sure the wheels move the second the pitman arm moves, no play.

if all that checks out then id say go as far as check your control arms and make sure none of them are bent and pulling the axle back or forward.