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Old 02 Dec 2007, 10:11 pm
Tegger
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Default Re: New tires & rims pull to the right

"JM" <jmsn@ns.sympatico.ca.ns> wrote in
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> "Tegger" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
> news:Xns99FAAE018C62Btegger@207.14.116.130...
>> Jim Yanik <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in
>> news:Xns99FAAB7912CBDjyanikkuanet@ 64.209.0.86:
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>>> "JM" <jmsn@ns.sympatico.ca.ns> wrote in
>>> news:47532008$0$5277$9a566e8b@news.aliant.net:
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>>>> I just put winter tires and steel rims on my 2001 Accord coupe.
>>>> I've noticed the car seems to want to pull to the right now, and
>>>> didn't before. The tires were on a different car last winter, is it
>>>> possible the camber/toe was different enough on the old car that
>>>> it's causing this one to track to the right? If that's the case,
>>>> it should eventually even out as the tires wear to match this car's
>>>> setup, right?
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>>> try swapping the tires to the opposite side,see what happens.
>>>

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>> Ditto.
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> Well they are a directional tire, so if that solves the problem should
> I have them both remounted the other way around? Or would that just
> mean that it's a tire wear thing that will eventually go away?




Directional doesn't matter. Swap them left to right anyway for testing,
but be careful on wet roads.

This sort of problem does not just "go away".


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