I have a 2021 Toyota Tundra with 33K miles, with the 5.7 V8.
I have the stock tires on it. I have had both front control arms replaced at the dealer under warranty and resultant alignments done each time, so my alignment is supposedly good.
Ever since I have owned the truck brand new (I'm the original owner), it has biased right when traveling. I believe it is the tires, not the alignment.
My question is: if I rotate the tires, say every 5K miles, shouldn't that "true up" any bias in the tires pushing the travel one way or the other? I'm currently left with trying to guess what combination of tire location on my truck will yield the least bias.
Is a possible fix me to adjust the alignment slightly myself to get the bias removed? Mechanics won't do this of course because their machines will only tell them to align to specs and not compensate for tire bias.
Thanks for any thoughts on this.
My question is: if I rotate the tires, say every 5K miles, shouldn't that "true up" any bias in the tires pushing the travel one way or the other? I'm currently left with trying to guess what combination of tire location on my truck will yield the least bias.
Most tire rotations done at dealerships are front to back swaps. If a bad tire is on the right side causing it to pull then after a front to back rotation the offending tire would still be on the same side. Once a tire develops a wear pattern it will continue that pattern until the tire is replaced. One way to determine whether a tire is causing the right side pull is to swap the left side tires with the right side tires and see how that effects the pull. If the pull changes sides then you do have a tire issue.
Understood. I believe a cross swap was done 10-15K miles ago and it helped, but it still wants to bias right, just some combination biases more than others. When I get the new tires later this year, I'll get them swapped around if they appear to have a bias vs waiting. That's a good idea and thanks.
Most roads have a crown in the middle which falls off toward the side of the road. This is often mistaken for an alignment issue when it's not (the car drifts slightly right). This slight drift to the right is normal on a crowned road. If something's not dragging one of the right side wheels, it's bad tire or misalignment Castor, camber and toe-in are all adjustable on your trucks suspension. A really good front end mechanic can fix your truck, if it's not tires..
Understood. I have considered that. I think my truck is probably within tolerance. I'm just a bit anal about it.