Rotated Tires, now pulls to the right!

[JayZap]

Did my 5k service today myself, oil change, front and rear diff fluid change, (been driving in a lot of water down here in Florida) and of course rotated my tires front to back.

I am notoriously sensitive to any alignment issues such as off center steer ahead, or pulling of any sort. I spent a lot of time getting the alignment dialed in perfect… and by me, I mean me hoovering over the tech at the shop lol.

Trailhunter on 295r18s AT4s and up another inch on Dobinson springs.

After the tire rotation, the truck is now pulling right slightly. Need to adjust steering wheel about 1 degree to the left to track straight.

What characteristics of a simple tire rotation can cause this?


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[Wife bought my 24 TRD]

1 out of balance
2 installed incorrectly?

 

[JayZap]

1 out of balance
2 installed incorrectly?

No balance or vibration issues. I would imagine out of balance would show up as vibration and not a pull.

Installed correctly to best of my knowledge. Put the wheels on, followed a 6 lug torque sequence, torqued to 103ft lbs

Gunna fine tune the air pressure today, as I ran 37 in the front and 36 in the rear and never changed it after the rotation

 

[Yotota]

No balance or vibration issues. I would imagine out of balance would show up as vibration and not a pull.

Installed correctly to best of my knowledge. Put the wheels on, followed a 6 lug torque sequence, torqued to 103ft lbs

Gunna fine tune the air pressure today, as I ran 37 in the front and 36 in the rear and never changed it after the rotation

90% chance it's the air pressure difference.

Could also be a slightly undersize tire, but you would have probably noticed that by now.

Also, does the Trailhunter have a different lug torque spec? It's 97ft-lb for aluminum wheels on all other models.

 

[JayZap]

90% chance it's the air pressure difference.

Could also be a slightly undersize tire, but you would have probably noticed that by now.

Also, does the Trailhunter have a different lug torque spec? It's 97ft-lb for aluminum wheels on all other models.

Just made the air pressure changes going to go for test drive.

I think from my search I saw 103lb but I guess close enough lol.

Will report back shortly

 

[ridetime]

I have heard this referred to as radial steer/pull. It is caused by an out of spec tire. You wouldn't notice it on the rear. Try swapping the front tires side to side. See if the pull changes or moves the other way. That might help isolate it.

 

[dingoboyexplore]

Just experienced this myself. The dealer said they could not replicate it and sent me on my way....1 week later im annoyed and go back. Made a tech come with my in my truck and used the leveler app on my phone to show the 3.2 degree pitch the steering wheel was off to maintain a straight track. He agreed something was off. They rebalanced all the tires and found the rear that was swapped to the front had a factory defect. They ordered a new tire. In the meantime, they swapped everything back but the steering wheel is still off, which is confusing.

 

[crepr12]

"one new tire" how many miles on your truck?

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