Summer tyres back on but pulling to left

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Summer tyres back on but pulling to left

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My winter set up was to fit 4 x tyres and have a 4-wheel alignment......everything remained spot on and car tracked perfectly.

I've had the summer tyres put on (the exact same size) and now it pulls to the left :? it shouldn't have made a difference swapping tyres, what do you think? the summers are in perfect condition and with very little wear (no inner edge wear or stuff like that).
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Any of them been put back on backwards? Can you swap them about?
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No they're on fine (eventually :roll: ) they're even on the same axles as before. All the pressures are correct to.....ooh hold on I did squib a bit more air in for a motorway run I just thought.....might drop the pressure a tad and try that first (looking at 50 sheets for a re-alignment, want to avoid).

Maybe my slightly-raised pressure is making the front wander about.
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Weirdly my summers were pulling left a bit before I took them off but they're not now they're back on :supafrisk:

In my case it's all about wear patterns, silly low profiles and cambers though, 'cos the winters didn't do it at all.
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I guess you should set the pressures right and report back. I meant swap them front to back (or side to side, or whatever's possible with these stupid directional tyres...)
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Re: Summer tyres back on but pulling to left

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Can i ask you all on here,just dont want to make new topic.

I have same,my car pulling to the right,even on 20mph,and when i reach about 60,i have so big vibration... Vibration dissapears on 80mph

I had new track rods,track ends,top shocker bearing,wheel alignment done,no difference :cry:

Any ideas anyone? And it happened in a weeks time...

All i can do is put back wheels to the front,and balance them?
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Try swapping the fronts to the back and see if it goes away. You may have lost a balance weight off one of the fronts
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Yeah,thats the only way i can see,cheers
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If it's doing it at 20mph then I suspect it won't be out of ballance, more like out of round. Failed belt perhaps :shock:
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Probably 95% of vibration problems are down to the tyres, often as Steve says because the are out of round or have a bulge due to ply separation.

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