Is this normal on the rear tires? I have a 2003 Track with ~13600 miles. Should the tread wear like this?

I've already had the fronts replaced because of the feathering.

I don't have to money for new tires just yet. So will swaping them side to side make them last a little longer?

 

The camber on our cars is set this way, so yeah, if you are peeling out every five minutes, I think that could occur. Otherwise, check the camber settings on the back tire by getting an alignment done.

 

Wow your tires are pretty worn, even on the outside edge.

I hope you don't plan on driving in the rain with those...

And it'd cost you about $50-80 to have the tires remounted and the wheels balanced. Why not just bite the bullet and two new rears.

 

Yeah, I'm probably going to get some kuhmos. The thing I'm worttied about is I don't want the same thing to happen to the new tires. The dealer was supposed to check the alignment on all four tires when I had the feathering fixed. I dunno... we'll see what they say,

 

Rear tires on a RWD car always have a bit of negative camber and will wear the inner edge faster than the outer edge.

This same thing will happen on your next set of tires.

The fact is, your tires are heavily worn all over, and even if you did swap them from side to side, they still need replacement relatively soon. You didn't lose much mileage due to the inner edge wearing before the outer edge.

 

well fiddle sticks. Guess its time to start a new thread on tire sizes.

thanks for all the help guys.

 

no problem.

hook 'em horns.

 

The rear camber is set up way to negative for everyday driving. The factory specs are:

CAMBER:
MIN: -2.08*
MAX: -1.08*
IDEAL: -1.58*

If you take it in to have it aligned the Nissan service department will set it to the -1.58~ range which is still too much for everyday driving. Demand they set it to the max ( - 1.08 ) and the problem will not come back with new tires.
You can not correct what has already happened though swapping the tires we let you get a little more mileage out of the tires but get the alignment fixed before you buy new tires.