cao_123

I've been working with Discount Tire to troubleshoot tire pull. I had the alignment double checked at the infiniti dealer and everything is within spec. The car pulls to the right most noticeably at highway speeds. The wheels are staggered and the tires are unidirectional.

The discount tire guys tried to get me out of there by balancing the tires. Still pulls to the right. Next, they tried flipping the tires (unmount and switch wheels). Still pulls to the right. I'm not sure why they thought this might help since the tires are still oriented in the same direction just on opposite wheels.

I read an article on tirerack.com that says to switch the left and right tires allowing them to rotate in the wrong direction (which is ok for a short time for testing). If the tire pulls in the opposite direction it's one of the front tires. If not, move on to the rears and perform the same step.

The last step would be to rotate from front to back but I can't do this with staggered wheels. Any idea on how to isolate the defective tire with stagged wheels and unidirectional tires?

Thanks!

ipitythefoo

iTrader: (8)

Man, you're getting raped. Just get an alignment man haha.

cao_123

Yeah, tried that twice.

I forgot to mention the problem started right after I got new Bridgestone tires replacing the stock tires at 22K miles.

Itchytoe

You got it aligned at a dealership? Probably kids doing alignments and all they know is numbers have to be in this range and it's ok. Try a real alignment shop. Find an old guy who's done alignments for the last 30 years and tell him what's going on.

A lot of new guys just move tires around till they get "within spec". If your right wheel is perfectly straight (at 0) and your left is 1.5 degrees in, that's probably "within spec" but you're still going to pull right. Not enough to make you fall off the road, but a pull nonetheless. Try a laser alignment and scan the results so we can see exactly where everything is. That would help us troubleshoot it.

Also remember that the road has a crown in the center. The road itself leans to the right so that's going to give you a slight pull too. It's more extreme in some places than in others, but it's there. Find a nice level road to test alignment and pull on.

P Casey

iTrader: (13)

i would never go to discount tire, they do more bad than good

Doggy

iTrader: (12)

The toe has to be off, do you have a spec sheet?

Boomer-Bob

iTrader: (1)

Can you switch wheels with someone? I had a tire that had a manufacturing defect inside the tread, it pulled. Tried everything twice, then traded wheels and narrowed it down to one bad tire.

OB G

iTrader: (11)

Definitely sounds like an alignment issue. Get a alignment and then go from there