Abnormal tire wear

[Roller4Tan]

Dropped off the 5er at the dealer4 today. Curb side tire wearing crazy, front tire on the outside, rear tire on the inside. Street side front shows some wear on the inside, rear tire okay. Anyway it'll be a few days before they can look at it and give a diagnosis. Trailer out of warranty but do have Cornerstone extended (for what that's worth). Anyway the service lady(?):confused: said it probably means the axles will have to be changed. :banghead: Keep ya'll posted :eek:

[Festus2]

Hopefully, your Cornerstone Extended Warranty will cover all or a portion of the bill but tire wear, alignment, suspension and axle issues may not be. Might be time to read the fine print that comes with your warranty and find out if your axle and tire problem are covered. Let us know if they are.

[Roller4Tan]

A quick look at the Cornerstone paperwork received in the mail said it covered suspension, (axles springs shackles). I'm going to look into it further for sure.

Edit: It does say Trailer Suspension System: Coils and leaf springs, axles, spindles, supports, whell bearings(visible play only, and shackles, shackle bushings, actuators. Wheelhubs if damaged by covered compnent. It does NOT cover axle alignments, wheel balancing or tires worn by covered component.

[mhs4771]

If I had to guess, sounds like a suspension problem on the curb side allowing the axles to shift putting those tires off their proper track, again only a guess.

[Roller4Tan]

May be just my eye but the center shackle brace did look askew to the underbelly, but the welded mounting bracket also looked skewed.
I doubt if Keystone will offer any help.:banghead:

[JRTJH]

Dexter axles have a manufacturer warranty that is longer than Keystone's 1 year warranty. Go to the Dexter site, look up your axle and see just how long they warranty your axle. You may find, as others have, that Dexter will send you new axles under that warranty.

[Roller4Tan]

Dealer is going to replace the axles and try and get Cornerstone to foot the bill. Now we wait for that to happen.. been a week so far.:(:confused:
I should be campin'

[Roller4Tan]

Some good news, "bouncey: Cornerstone has agreed to replace the axles and pay the labor to do it(6 hours??). I also asked if I upgrade the axles can I pay the difference. He said no problem as long as the dealer states that on the bill they submit to them. SO, I'll upgrade the axles and have them change the shackles and use wet bolts. Now I also need to buy new tires. Still an expensive 2nd year on a new trailer. :banghead:

[Roller4Tan]

Couldn't find my posts earlier, anyway an update:
They replaced the axles which included springs and brakes less $100 deductible. I didn't upgrade the axles because they had the dang thing for too long as it was. I had to buy new tires, they wouldn't cover them.
I just ordered a wet bolt kit from lippert,will install them when they arrive. Also purchase a TS TPMS 501 kit for the new tires. Will probably still upgrade the axles when we get back to Michigan.

[Jim Dow]

In January 2013 I purchased a used (one owner) 2011 Montana High Country. The previous owner purchased it new in August 2012 - wanted to upgrade to a motorhome - or his wife did.

Even though the original tires had less than 1000 miles on 4 of them, I upgraded to tires today. So, I have 5 (4 driven and one unused spare) Power King ST tires available.

If interested, reply to this post with your contact info.