New tires=== now it pulls to the right

[jrgough]

Just installed new Toyo MT's 285/75/17 on stock wheels without a leveling kit and let go of the wheel and it turns to right is this normal?

Its also a little squirmy when driving.

 

[SnoKing]

Sometimes new tires are squirmy for the first few hundred miles! Chris

 

[Regcabguy]

Mine pulled with the identical tires. Very common. A Carli or Thuren adjustable steering stabilizer will correct it. The squirm will disappear in about 800 miles.

 

[Gonzo 1066]

My TOYOs pulled and squirmed till I wore them out at 40,000 miles.

 

[SnoKing]

Well if you got them at Les Schwab they are good about making things right! Chris

 

[HSpiering]

I understand the road surface slopes to the right. That makes a pull to the right. So a frame and axle shop told me some years back when asked about my 94 truck. This should be a slight pull not a lot??

 

[Regcabguy]

The Toyo MT's will pull right on a perfectly level surface.
The Nitto Trailgrapplers reportedly have a very mild left pull.
When I returned to Toyo AT2's I reinstalled my stock Mopar ss.
I had to deflate my Thuren unit so much as to render it useless.

 

[JJPage]

When I read the title to your post, said to myself, Toyo MT's...

Drive it a couple hundred miles and swap front tires side to side, seems to help a bit, and it will get better but mine has never completely went away. Or just get rid of the MT's.

 

[sag2]

If it really is a tire pull, swap the fronts side to side. It should go straight or left.

 

[EDankievitch]

Have an alignment shop check how much caster the truck was set up with most have too much. Too much will cause it to follow the crown of the road, ex in right lane pulls to right left lane pulls left. Are you sure you got load range E tires? I had given some cooper load range d's a try once truck pulled and they wore out funny. D's are too soft for out trucks.

 

[damar]

Just got 4 new Yokohama tires and truck pulled to right. Checked alinement and it was okay. Went back to dealer and told them the problem. They said that they sometime get a bad tire. Said it's usually the tire on the side it fulls to. Said they would order 2 new tires to make sure the problem was fixed. New tires on and it steers neutral now. Problem solved.

 

[Gonzo 1066]

This does not make sense to me,, Buy new tires and then have to go the the alignment shop..?? Something is really wrong here.

 

[jeepit]

Drive in left lane on interstate. See if crown of road pulls you to the left. Like it was said earlier, the crown on the road can do this.

 

[NickSullivan]

This is a common issue with the Toyo MT. You can buy a Carly Steering Stabilizer to make up for the additional radial pull you are experiencing. I've done it, it worked great.

Or you can buy the Goodyear Duratrac and it will drive straight.

 

[BigPapa]

If it really is a tire pull, swap the fronts side to side. It should go straight or left.

This.

If your old tires exhibited even wear, an alignment shouldn't be necessary, but I always recommend an alignment with a new set of tires.