Recently put my winters on and they have increased a slight pull to the left. There was a slight wander on the originals so I had my tracking checked this morning and it was slightly out. It was adjusted and the pull has reduced but is still just about there. I have read that tyres can pull for 2 reasons beyond the obvious alignment issues and they are:

Conicity; where in their construction you can have one sidewall slightly taller than the other overall beyond manufacturers tolerances, this can be checked by swapping the tyres side to side and see if the pull is the other way which I plan to do, and

Tyrerat; residual alignment torque where the tyre is constructed in such a way to apply a slight twist under load to give a slight pull to counteract road camber. If your tyres are from from a non uk market this will cause a pull to the left to balance the right side road camber so in the uk adds to the effect of our left side camber. I bought my winters from mytyres so they were imported from europe and wonder, if this is the case, that it is not such a good idea to import in future and I should stick to buying uk market tyres.

Or am I talking nonsense? :yes: :no:

Just bought some winter tyres from Mytyres, who are based in Belgium..

.no pull to left or right and Ive never heard of tyres being diffferent for left or right handed drive!!!

.no pull to left or right and Ive never heard of tyres being diffferent for left or right handed drive!!!

Neither had I until read an article about it. It was technical and quite in depth and didn't appear to be a spoof.

You've probably already done this (and they should of before doing any alignment work) but have you checked the tyres are properly inflated? Can easily cause pulling. Its also natural for most cars to *slightly* pull to the left which is exaggerated with caber. It can also be caused by mechanical issues, such as brake drag and bearing wear.

Depending on where they did the alignment, the machine or operator may not be great. Is a good thread here:

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/112607-wheel-alignment-the-big-con/

Sorry if you already know all of this

You've probably already done this (and they should of before doing any alignment work) but have you checked the tyres are properly inflated? Can easily cause pulling. Its also natural for most cars to *slightly* pull to the left which is exaggerated with caber. It can also be caused by mechanical issues, such as brake drag and bearing wear.

Depending on where they did the alignment, the machine or operator may not be great. Is a good thread here:

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/112607-wheel-alignment-the-big-con/

Sorry if you already know all of this

Tyre pressures checked, all other possibilities looked at and, possibly to the slight annoyance of the fitter, checked everything he did, as he did it, including checking the readings on the alignment gear bfore and after the work. Thanks anyway. I plan to swap left to right as the tyres are assymetric but not directional to rule out/ confirm construction issues. At the end of the day it may be sensitivity to camber as it's now not that bad and certainly ok to live with.

Just done a little bit more reading and it does appear to be a genuine issue. It is also discussed as 'plysteer' and is an issue inherent in the construction of tyres. I don't think this is much of an issue and the pull is most likely to be conicity related. I think the bottom line is to shuffle the tyres around until I find the best combination. A machine is available (in the US) that measures the conicity and calculates the best positions for the tyres to give the most balanced setup to minimise pull