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Jeep pulling to the right when Toyo open country RT's are installed

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Old Jun 7, 2015 | 04:26 PM
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Default Jeep pulling to the right when Toyo open country MT's are installed

So I had installed my lift with new wheels/tires a few weeks back and had done a homebrew alignment on it just until I got time to take it in to get professionally aligned. The Jeep would pull to the right so I figured my measurements were off. Yesterday it finally got put on the alignment rack and turns out that my string and measuring tape alignment had landed me almost dead nuts perfect on everything, with my thrust angle being the furthest thing off at .26* to the left. The alignment tech thought I was bull$hitting him when I told him I had used strings and a measuring tape to get it that close. Since I run Trail Ready beadlocks, I had to mount my stock rubi wheels and tires back on in order for the sensor heads to be mounted on the wheels. On the way back to my shop after it got aligned, driving on the stock wheels/tires, the Jeep drove straight as an arrow. No issues whatsoever. After putting my Toyo's and beadlocks back on, the Jeep pulled to the right again. Since I had installed the wheels back on the same corner that they had came off of, I thought maybe it was an issue with the wheel/tire combo so I swapped the rights to the left and the lefts to the right. Same thing kept happening. Then I swapped them from counter corner to counter corner. Still the same issue. Has anyone ran into this problem or do any of you have any idea what might be causing this? Spent all of yesterday and today trying to figure out what's going on but I'm stumped. Any help will be greatly appreciated. All my alignment specs are dead on with front caster at 4.2*, running Trail Ready beadlocks in 17x8.5 with 4'' BS, and Toyo open country MT's in 37x13.5x17. Rough Country 6'' long arm lift........

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Old Jun 7, 2015 | 05:59 PM
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Just corrected the title. I am running MT's not RT's
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Old Jun 7, 2015 | 06:18 PM
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The tread pattern causes a pull to the right. Subject has been beaten to death. Search it on here, and on google. You'll come up with a ton of hits. It isn't an issue, just something to be aware of.
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Old Jun 7, 2015 | 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by JE8154
The tread pattern causes a pull to the right. Subject has been beaten to death. Search it on here, and on google. You'll come up with a ton of hits. It isn't an issue, just something to be aware of.
Thanks my man. That makes me feel a whole lot better. Hadn't read anything about that. Good looking out.
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Old Jun 7, 2015 | 07:31 PM
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Mine pulls crazy to the right as well. Aligned it twice and nothing else is out of wack. I might play around with the psi on the right side to see if I can offset the pull
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Old Jun 7, 2015 | 08:25 PM
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Yep, radial pull. Toyo MT's pull to the right, Nitto trail grapplers pull to the left.
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Old Jun 8, 2015 | 06:36 AM
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ST MAXX pulls to the right too. My BFGs are dead straight.
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Old Jun 8, 2015 | 06:57 AM
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Yeah, I was gong nuts trying to figure out what I had done wrong while installing the lift but it is in fact the tires. The alignment is dead perfect. I'm pretty O.C.D. about my vehicles so I made sure everything was absolutely as perfect as it could be. Didn't think it was the tires. As usual, JK-Forum members pointed me in the right direction once again. After doing more research on this, different tires pull to different directions.
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Old Jun 8, 2015 | 08:08 AM
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You should look at your left caster vs. right. They should not be the same. The driver side should have a lower number (and they come from the factory that way to compensate for the crown in most roads). I'd run the driver caster .5* lower than the passenger. May not solve it, but should help. Actually, your caster is pretty low. Increase the right to 4.7*.

My MTRs had a slight pull to the right. Decided to toss on a gas charged steering stabilizer since people said it made their Jeep pull left. Worked perfect. Drove straight after putting a Fox 2.0 on. Hahaha.
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Old Jun 8, 2015 | 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Invest2m4
You should look at your left caster vs. right. They should not be the same. The driver side should have a lower number (and they come from the factory that way to compensate for the crown in most roads). I'd run the driver caster .5* lower than the passenger. May not solve it, but should help. Actually, your caster is pretty low. Increase the right to 4.7*.

My MTRs had a slight pull to the right. Decided to toss on a gas charged steering stabilizer since people said it made their Jeep pull left. Worked perfect. Drove straight after putting a Fox 2.0 on. Hahaha.
My mtrs pull to the right also. Even with hydro assist it pulls. Irritates the hell out of me. Cant to replace these with the trail grapplers
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