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Old 03 Dec 2007, 12:35 pm
Jim Yanik
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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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> 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?
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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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a directional WINTER tire? I didn't know there was such an animal.

why would a winter tire need to be directional? What benefit?
It doesn't make sense.

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