I recently bought a new set of four tires for my car. While driving home from the tire store I noticed that it had a moderate drift or pull to the left which was not present with the old tires. I rotated the front tires left to right and the pull went away. Does this mean there is a problem with one of the new tires on the front? Can I assume that the front tires will wear normally now or should I get an alignment?
Thanks
If one tire has a different air pressure you can have those symptoms. Even a back tire.
A pull to the left is unusual. Normally a right pull off the road crown is there on some vehicles. I would be thinking on an alignment with new tires and I would make sure myself that the tires all had the correct air in them first.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'sJWS wrote:
For anything but the cheapest tires, not checking the alignment is a false savings. First just get a good aftermarket tire guage and check that the pressure in the two fronts is within a half pound of each other. The tire monkey may have just used the in-hose guage, and may have bad eyes as well.
When it comes time for the first rotation of all four tires, should I do it the usual way (fronts go straight to back, rears cross over to front) or is there a better way to allow for a possible irregularity in one of the tires which is currently on the front?
Could you direct me to a website which shows a picture of a tire with horizontal grooves running high on the sidewall? Thanks
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