Re: Tire Change Help

[John Karasaki <johkar@teleport.com>]

At 12:40 AM 3/17/96 -0500, you wrote:
>I removed the Blizzaks today and put the Yoko's back on.
>Yes there will not be any more snow in Ontario this year!
>After putting the Yoko's back on I noticed a definite pull to the left. 
>I remounted the Yoko's and still have this pull.  The tires are balanced 
>perfectly and air pressure dead on. 
>Where is the pull coming from?

Are these tires installed on the same side of the car as they were before
you took them off last fall?  My question suggests two problems: 1) Some
tires have a directional tread pattern to them with an directional arrow
molded into the sidewall of the tire.  These tires are not intended to run
"backward" and may pull.  2) Tires may wear unevenly across the tread the
suspension alignment is not correct.  Switching sides/postion may have all
the tires "sloped" one way, maybe to the left.  I just removed the P7s I had
on my TQC.  The right front tire was tread-bare on the inside edge of the
tire!  This coupled with the directionality (word?) of the tire would
probably have made it pull like crazy if I installed it on the left front.

I hope this gives you a place to start.  Good Luck.
Regards,

John Karasaki

The Karasaki's, proud owners of AUDI automobiles

1981 Coupe
1982 TQC
1984 5000S Wagon
1990 V8