Anyone else ever experience rotating your tires and then the car pulls right or left, indicating out of alignment condition? Rotating the tires back to where they were corrects the pulling. Only way to resolve is an alignment or would it fix itself when the tires even out (the front had decent amount less tread than the rear).
Tire rotation, then out of alignment
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As kenw said, one of the tires is defective. The tire shop should be able to determine which one and replace it under warranty.
I was assuming it is something around those lines. The tires are from the previous owner and the rotation is probably a lot longer than it should have been. Will they wear back in to balance out the steering?
Now, one thing we haven't discussed is how that tire got that way to begin with. If the rear alignment (or where ever it came FROM) is out, you're now going to do the same thing to the "new" tire riding back there now.
Sounds like a re-balance of each tire and a 4-wheel alignment might be in order anyway.
Sounds like a re-balance of each tire and a 4-wheel alignment might be in order anyway.
The funny thing is, is that the tread wear accross the tires are fine, but the fronts (now rear) had worn down more (FWD car). Maybe I can find the receipt from the original purchase of the tires and if it was a chain store, get a re-balance and alignmnet check for free.
I ahve the same problem with my Honda. Kinda puzzled me at first then I swapped the tires again and the pulling disappeared. You may try rotataing them reverse of the normal rotating direction and see what happens
It is possible to wear a pattern into a tire that will cause a pull. Even though the tires don't "look" like they have a pattern, it only takes a few hundredths of an inch - way below the "looks" level, you can only measure this.
Unfortunately, until someone figures out how to wear rubber INTO a tire, it may take a long time to correct itself - if it happens at all.
Unfortunately, until someone figures out how to wear rubber INTO a tire, it may take a long time to correct itself - if it happens at all.
The tires have wear patterns after thousands of miles. Switching them around adds a little effective neg or positive camber to the car, and it can pull.
It may be that you need a four wheel alignment, but don't rule out a defective tire. I've only once had a car feel out of alignment after rotating tires on a vehicle, and it was due to a defective tire. The tread depth was still as-new since it had been on the back so they just gave me a new tire.
About 6 years ago, I had a Dunlop D65 slip a belt, causing a pull after tie rod replacements and alignment.
I thought the shop bent/screwed something up, because the car drove straight and true, before I had the tie rods & alignment done. The shop rotated the tires and the pull went away. It was bad tires.
The tires were rated for 60k miles, I believe. I dumped them at 40k. 3rd Goodyear/Dunlop to slip a belt on me. Never considered buying another Goodyear/Dunlop, since.
I thought the shop bent/screwed something up, because the car drove straight and true, before I had the tie rods & alignment done. The shop rotated the tires and the pull went away. It was bad tires.
The tires were rated for 60k miles, I believe. I dumped them at 40k. 3rd Goodyear/Dunlop to slip a belt on me. Never considered buying another Goodyear/Dunlop, since.
For years I had trouble with radial tires that would pull after rotation. I noticed that front to back rotation didn't cause as much of a problem as switching sides and f/b so I only do it that way now-that and the fact that the Z-rated tires that I'm running now have to be done that way as they are made for right side or leftside use.
I might try swapping them front/back (from where they originally were) and see if that helps before I take it to a shop. thanks for the tip
Our '02 Legacy GT had this problem the day we picked it up new from the dealer. Took it back to the service dept, they checked alignment, it was fine. After further discussions they found the offending tire and put it on the right rear. Ultimately, I got a Bridgestone dealer to replace the tire (which they said had probably started to separate) at no charge.
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