New tires and wheels and now it pulls and steers bad

[lsxmalibu]

Ive been dealing with this for a week. The truck had snow tires and wheels so I removed for a set of bronco sport wheels and brand new Kumho tires. Wheels and tires were balanced at walmart. All came back as good. Installed then with 35psi and it drifts to the right. Steering wheel doesnt have a center...I have to go back and forth to keep it driving straight. Ive tried rotating all 4 wheels...and its the same. The only thing that helped was running 32 psi instead of 35 psi. Tire guy says its the truck....Ford says its the tires. Lol

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[Hot Runr Guy]

Time for a 4-wheel alignment?

HRG

 

[lsxmalibu]

Just because of new tires?.....the tires i took off it drove straight as an arrow. Truck only has 10k miles and no major potholes have been hit

 

[Hot Runr Guy]

Just because of new tires?.....the tires i took off it drove straight as an arrow. Truck only has 10k miles and no major potholes have been hit

The Bronco Sport wheels you bought were used? Maybe one is tweaked?

HRG

 

[lsxmalibu]

No. Sorry. My winter wheels and tires i took off. They drove fine. I got bronco sport wheels and put brand new tires on them . New tires....2024 bronco sport alum wheels

 

[Calmate']

You have a radial tire pull - yes it can happen with a brand new tire even after balance and alignment- (A defective tire)
cross rotate the tires from left to right instead of front to back and see if the truck acts or steers different. Or simply put your winter tires and wheels back on , if it's good again then you have one or more defective tires. I have seen this several times over the years.

 

[Cancunbadlands]

No. Sorry. My winter wheels and tires i took off. They drove fine. I got bronco sport wheels and put brand new tires on them . New tires....2024 bronco sport alum wheels

Go back to the winter tires, if everything is ok then your new BS tires are bad

 

[CaReviews]

If you didn't perform an alignment at the same time, then it's def possible your toe could be out of spec. Even if you "swear" by it tracking straight before the tire replacement, if you just slap 4 new tires and don't do an alignment, the car will definitely drive different.

 

[lsxmalibu]

Ill call ford and try and get my alignment under warranty like the book says.

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

Ill call ford and try and get my alignment under warranty like the book says.

Interesting situation. Please keep us updated on what you find.

 

[Kenv24]

No. Sorry. My winter wheels and tires i took off. They drove fine. I got bronco sport wheels and put brand new tires on them . New tires....2024 bronco sport alum wheels

Yeah...but you still didn't answer his question. Were the 2024 Bronco rims "Used"...by you or someone else...or were they "Brand new 2024 rims" See what we are asking. They could have taken a hit if they were used before.

 

[Sluggo48313]

You have a radial tire pull - yes it can happen with a brand new tire even after balance and alignment- (A defective tire)
cross rotate the tires from left to right instead of front to back and see if the truck acts or steers different. Or simply put your winter tires and wheels back on , if it's good again then you have one or more defective tires. I have seen this several times over the years.

I'll second this. Switch the tires side to side. If it pulls the other way or acts differently immediately take the truck back to where you bought the tires and demand they swap for them for a different set.

 

[Cherokee]

I can’t see past the fact that Wallyworld did the work.
I doubt any Ford Dealership would have allowed that to happen.
Just sayin~

 

[Pointyears]

I can’t see past the fact that Wallyworld did the work.
I doubt any ford Dealership would have allowed that to happen.
Just sayin~

"Mechanic wanted. No experience necessary."

'nuf said.

 

[Butterscotch]

Ive been dealing with this for a week. The truck had snow tires and wheels so I removed for a set of bronco sport wheels and brand new Kumho tires. Wheels and tires were balanced at walmart. All came back as good. Installed then with 35psi and it drifts to the right. Steering wheel doesnt have a center...I have to go back and forth to keep it driving straight. Ive tried rotating all 4 wheels...and its the same. The only thing that helped was running 32 psi instead of 35 psi. Tire guy says its the truck....Ford says its the tires. Lol

Well problem number one I see is "WalMart". Where did the Bronco rims come from - off a wreck or private seller ? Find a reliable rim shop and see if the rims are true. Also, did they get mounted properly - there is a color marking on the tire (a dot on new tires) that should be in the same location on all tires - new the air stem.

Everyone can yell at me if you like but my some did this for 26 years and I just asked him real quick.

I hope you find the solution because that is truely one of the most aggrevating things to go out of wack.

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