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Actually wear on the wheel bearings can be caused by larger tires. Again, I may be totally wrong here, but this is what I've been tought in classes and it makes sense to me.


No, Dan, you're totally on target, that's why I said that this is one thing that *could* actually be caused by the larger tires, and that's why there's no real reason to try to fight it. Pick your battles with the dealers -- don't let them win too much, but let them win when the situation warrants it. The only thing I would add to your post is that given the unequal a-arm lengths, when the tire goes like this \, so does the wheel bearing since it's contained within the same structure that holds the tilted wheel -- and they don't just *want* to go like that, they actually do it... And man, does it look scary when you're riding on 35's with 7 inches of lift, no swaybars, doing 70 through Glenwood Canyon on I-70. Someone out there has pictures of this... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/drunk.gif" alt="" />


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