Different Tire Sizes / AWD question

Posted: Wed, 08/19/2009 - 12:12pm
Different Tire Sizes / AWD question

Ok so I noticed that my front tires are worn much much worse than the rears.

I know that this is common, especially on these cars with their handling issues but I'm just curious if anyone knows the effects on the AWD system when tires can have up to 0.2" different in overall tire height between the front/rear.

A difference in 0.2" means that over the span of one mile the front tires are fully rotating about 14 times more than the rear tires - that cant possibly be good for the center differential?

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

John

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