I have a 2020 Reflection 303RLS and have done about 15k miles. I have 3 tires with expected wear looking quite good and 1, passenger side front, that looks like it is bald on the outer edge. What should I be looking for as cause?
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One tire wearing as you describe is an alignment problem usually caused by a bent axle. This is easier to do than you would think, particularly on the front axle, by hitting an obstruction or a big pothole. It could also have come from the factory like this or happened on the delivery trip . . . very difficult to prove one way or the other. A well equipped trailer repair facility (not your RV dealer) usually using Hunter alignment measuring equipment, can confirm the alignment of all four tires. They may offer to bend your axle into alignment (the only way to align a beam axle) and while this is common on heavy trailers and trucks, is often less successful on the thin wall tube axles used on an RV trailer. Compare the cost of the bending repair to the cost of a new axle . . . there won’t likely be much difference.
RobCate & Rob
(with Border Collies Molly & Angel + Kitties Hazel & Elsie)
2015 Reflection 303RLS
2022 F350 Diesel CC SB SRW Lariat
Bayham, Ontario, Canada
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Originally posted by Cate&Rob View PostFindingMyPlace
One tire wearing as you describe is an alignment problem usually caused by a bent axle. This is easier to do than you would think, particularly on the front axle, by hitting an obstruction or a big pothole. It could also have come from the factory like this or happened on the delivery trip . . . very difficult to prove one way or the other. A well equipped trailer repair facility (not your RV dealer) usually using Hunter alignment measuring equipment, can confirm the alignment of all four tires. They may offer to bend your axle into alignment (the only way to align a beam axle) and while this is common on heavy trailers and trucks, is often less successful on the thin wall tube axles used on an RV trailer. Compare the cost of the bending repair to the cost of a new axle . . . there won’t likely be much difference.
Rob2020 303RLS - RAM 2500 Diesel - Anderson Ultimate Hitch
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Thanks Rob. Any thoughts on if this would be covered under warranty for the axle?
RobCate & Rob
(with Border Collies Molly & Angel + Kitties Hazel & Elsie)
2015 Reflection 303RLS
2022 F350 Diesel CC SB SRW Lariat
Bayham, Ontario, Canada
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