New tires , Pulling left

glmoore0001 · Dec 14, 2017

swathdiver said:
Well, I would suspect the work done on the tie rod.

Yes, I thought the same thing, but wouldn't that be adjusted during the alignment?
How could you miss a problem like that when the vehicle was aligned twice and your shop was the one who installed it?
The guys seemed to work hard to figure out the problem.

swathdiver · Dec 14, 2017

Should have been, something obviously wasn't done right or the original problem was not fixed. You eliminated the tire pull by switching them. Visually check your suspension and verify the new and correct part is on there.

glmoore0001 · Dec 14, 2017

I am at a tire store in Indiana having the right rear put on the front left and the left rear put on the front right.
Trying to see if that changes anything.
Thanks for the advice. I will continue to post till the problem is solved.

kiboater · Dec 15, 2017

Tie rod controls the tow in/out. Tow does not affect pull. It keeps the tires steering together and steers the vehicle. If the tow is too far in or out it has a huge effect on tire wear on both tires. It will not make the vehicle pull one way or the other. Caster and camber will.

Radial tires are a different story. If the belt inside the tire is manufactured incorrectly it will lead one way or the other and you can't correct with alignment. Tires are the problem!

Here is a link to a good artical:

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=12

Tozan · Dec 15, 2017

With all the tire swapping it does not sound like a tire problem.. As noted above it is not the tie rod... And again as noted above only caster or camber will make it pull. One other thing what size tires are you running and what wheels do you have a lift of any kind?

glmoore0001 · Dec 15, 2017

Tozan said:
With all the tire swapping it does not sound like a tire problem.. As noted above it is not the tie rod... And again as noted above only caster or camber will make it pull. One other thing what size tires are you running and what wheels do you have a lift of any kind?

265 70 R17
Z71 Stock Wheels, No lift.
To this point, the rear wheels had never been rotated into the fronts.
I had the rears rotated so that LR ended up RF. If I am not mistaken, it seems to have made a difference. I will know more after I make the next long drive.

swathdiver · Dec 16, 2017

You may then have a bad new tire as Frank mentioned.

Tozan · Dec 17, 2017

It is possible to have a bad tire but it does sound like an alignment issue too.

dirtydenali07 · Dec 18, 2017

Could be an upper ball joint. The shop may have missed it. One time on my TJ I had it inspected, then a week later had the shop put 33x10.50’s on it and they told me both front unit bearings were bad. They didn’t go bad in a week.

dirtydenali07 · Dec 18, 2017

Also, does your truck have rear leafs or coil springs? A bad control arm or spring eye bushing could cause a rear-steer situation.

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