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Installed Mud tire, now it pulls to right while driving

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Old Jan 23, 2010 | 04:44 PM
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Default Installed Mud tire, now it pulls to right while driving

Just replaced my stock tire with good year MT/R

Now my JK pulls to right whiel driving. Goodyear dealer says they
can fix it by just swapping the front tire (left to right and vice versa).

Will it work?
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Old Jan 23, 2010 | 04:56 PM
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If they'll do it for free it's worth a try
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Old Jan 23, 2010 | 05:34 PM
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Maybe you did this but if you didn't check your tire pressure.
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Old Jan 23, 2010 | 07:11 PM
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Mine do it too.
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Old Jan 23, 2010 | 07:22 PM
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swapping may work. Radial tire pull is a fairly well known phenomenon and tends to be more pronounced with MTR's. This has solved quite a few peoples pull.
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Old Jan 23, 2010 | 08:04 PM
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I don't quite understand the theory that swapping can solve the problem.
I looked at the tread pattern, after swampping, the pattern is exactly the same.

I am just thinking that after swapping, it may pull to left side.

Anyway, I will post the result this Monday.
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Old Jan 23, 2010 | 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by The Jeep
Maybe you did this but if you didn't check your tire pressure.
Yes, I did check pressure. I even lowered driver side tire pressure a little bit mor
hoping it will cover the problem, but no luck
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Old Jan 23, 2010 | 09:20 PM
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Swapping right to left should fix it, sounds like a radial pull.
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 05:24 AM
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My theory is that most of us have some negative camber in our axles, you jack that thing up and put some bigger meat on, the effect of camber is only amplified.
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 04:48 AM
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Front Tire swapped today, still the same thing, pull to the right.
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