Pull on left, then on right when switched tyres

[fokhan_96]

Car pulling to the left, checked alignment, it's fine ... swapped front and back wheels, now pull is to the right ... any thoughts ???

[yakuza]

Tyres bent.

[black start]

Try speed balancing and see whats the result. But mostly likely, its as Yakuza said.

[fokhan_96]

well i did speed balance all 4 of them, but same problem ... Is it the tyres bent or the rims ?

[INDAVID WORKSHOP]

When switching tyres from Front to Back it is supposed to be in an X formation eg right back will switch to left front and so forth. this will give a short duration of pull until the tyres wear in.

If you switched direct right back to right front that is most likely the reason for the pull you are getting.

Also check the wear pattern on your tyre it may require "turning over" on the rim to have both sides of the tyre wear the same amount.

[fokhan_96]

thanks for the input

[Jonathan]

Checked your tire pressures??

[fokhan_96]

yea all tyres have the same pressure ...

[black start]

^^^Not all tires can be turned over as a lot of tires have a rotational direction obviously pointing forward) and if the tires were to be "turned around", they will be rolling against their rotational direction.

[wagonrunner]

so If you turn it over on the rim, and put it on the next side of the car, won't that negate the rotation problem?

[black start]

^yes it will, but I was speaking WRT just turning around the tires as was stated above where the person was basically implying that one can simply just turn around the tire on a rim and place it in the same location.

Also check the wear pattern on your tyre it may require "turning over" on the rim to have both sides of the tyre wear the same amount.

[BrotherHood]

I think what happened here is that the tyres have bent. Happens sometimes. Take the wheel off and inspect it. Pass your hands around they parts of the tyre that make road contact and feels for a abnormality, i.e small humps etc.

[fokhan_96]

but if after i switched front and rear tyres (front right with rear right and vice versa) i get the pull in the opposite direction, are you trying to imply that all 4 tyres are bent ? ...

[crazybalhead]

When one tyre is worn more than the opposite side, the car tends to pull a LITTLE on the worn side. This is all that happened. So try and match the wear patterns. Let a GOOD tyre shop have a look. Somebody like Mileage mack.

[fokhan_96]

thanks man