Tire rotation, need alignment??

[79elcamino]

My alignment was fine before the rotation and pulling, nothing. The to drive straight the steering wheel was straight, now after rotation when I put the steering wheel straight the goes to the right, also my tires seem louder,they have like a hum to them now,this was my first rotation in 10,000 miles. What's causing the the car to go to the right when the steering wheel is straight and the louder noise from the tires?

[79elcamino]

Re: Tire rotation, need alignment??

Edit- it's a front wheel drive car, the tire we rotated front to back, not cross crossed.

[79elcamino]

Re: Tire rotation, need alignment??

Edit2- just got home after driving awhile both street and highway driving, checked tire pressures, they r all different, I understand after driving thenpressure go up but I've never had the tire pressures be different, both passenger tires r alittle above 33 the front driver is a little above 35 and the driver rear is around 34.

[79elcamino]

Re: Tire rotation, need alignment??

Edit3- none of the tire look like they have uneven wear and when rubbing hand across each tire there doesn't feel to be any low spots.

[joe r.]

Re: Tire rotation, need alignment??

they probably crossed your tires which means the front ones are turning backwards. you need to take it back as soon as possible because at highway speeds this could cause a lot of damage to the radials. if you've had it on the highway you need to call the tire manufacturer also to alert them of what was done on the rotation. i've seen this done a bunch at tire stores. sad but true. check the direction arrows on all four tires to see which way they are pointing.

[Jim Bob]

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[79elcamino]

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they are facing the right way,i forgot to mention i have extra weight in the trunk of my car at all times and what he said happened was that because of the extra weight the rear tires were tilted inward a little and wore the inside of the tread a little more then the outside so when he put them in the front they sat flat, he said after driving it a little they will wear evenly, and last night i was driving on the highway and the noise that i had is gone.

[79elcamino]

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the steel belt inside the tire shift

[STG]

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Send me $56.76. You owe me one bottle of aspirin and one bottle of Glenlivet single malt scotch. I started drinking after reading your last thread. For some inexplicable reason, I read this one. That'll be another $56.76.

I don't know why, but for the first time I actually feel bad about the death of Dr. Jack Kevorkian

[STG]

Re: Tire rotation, need alignment??

they probably crossed your tires which means the front ones are turning backwards. you need to take it back as soon as possible because at highway speeds this could cause a lot of damage to the radials. if you've had it on the highway you need to call the tire manufacturer also to alert them of what was done on the rotation. i've seen this done a bunch at tire stores. sad but true. check the direction arrows on all four tires to see which way they are pointing.

He doesn't have expensive high performance directional tires in his FWD Nissan. He has a FWD Nissan with one bent wheel that shimmies at 65 MPH.

You owe me a bottle of Glenlivet, too!