How to Fix a Car that Pulls to One Side (Tire Rotation)
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- Tire rotation. How to fix a car that pulls to one side. DIY Tire rotation with Scotty Kilmer. How to inspect tires, remove and rotate them to fix pulling problems in your car. How to take tires off, rotation techniques and tire inspection. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 42 years.
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Hi Scotty, my car swerve to the left when accelerating and swerves to the right when I take my foot off the gas. It doesn't swerve when braking, and tire pressure in balanced in all of them. What should I do?
Scotty Kilmer my car slightly pull towards left when i unhold the steering, i rotated the tires from left to right and right to left. It was more towards left pulling so i placed it back to their original places. What to do now???
Moreover when i hold the steering the car moves on straight. Is this toe(alignement) or what?
It is slight pulling
Scotty Kilmer how do i fix whacky wheel ? I have to hold steering wheel at an angle to go straight? Can you give me some tips to sort that one out too?
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Scotty why is the tire bad? Like as in what's wrong with it? Thanks
Even when I know what I'm doing I still watch Scotty to see what he does! Car repair motivation.
hellobooom for the win😂🔥
Scotty your the man. Car was pulling to the left. Was changing the left tire to the back and found a bubble on the inside of the tire. Had it replaced for free for the Defect. Thanks.
Man, I liked your video on many levels; short, accurate, and covers many sides of the problem. Keep going!
You keep Short
simple
and easy to understand
70% of car problems now can be solved without a mechanic.
Thank you
I told your advice by switching my tires the front to see if it was a bad tire and it end up being the tire, it no longer pulls to the right anymore,,Thanks very much for your video's you saved me a lot of money.
Tim Manzanares mine too! save me $99 and the hassle
Thanks, Scotty! This fixed my problem on my '99 Chevy Express 1500 full sized van. I ended up swapping both front tires to the back, and vice versa; it no longer pulls to the right! Saved me the time and expense of an unnecessary front end alignment job!
MDX pulled to the right for months, have new tires, checked everything possible as mentioned.
Did Scotty's recommendation, LF to RF and RF to LF (even though those tires now rotate opposite from directional arrows)
MDX drives down the road straight as an arrow, thanks Scotty, you da man!!
Amazing video Scotty . You break it down using step by step common sense. Thanks for some invaluable lessons !!
WOW, left to right, right to left, front to rear, rear to front.. LOVE your vids..
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13 years later. This is the best video that solved all my problems and saved me a bunch of money. Thank you, Scotty. Diagnosing tire situation got a little complicated for me since my car had directional tires. I can only change front to back and back to front on the same side.
I just noticed some odd wear on my driver side brake rotor and THATS the side that its pulling towards. THANKS Scotty you did it again my friend :)
+Joshua Carnine Just as shitty as yours if youre watching the same video as I am lol
cr1m1nalspeed actually it’s you
Hello, I was wondering if you also had a burning rubber smell also when it was pulling towards the driver side ? *Similar problem happening to me
Went to a mechanic @ dealership and this is my problem
@Matthew55904 Yes, one is broken and the new one on the steering wheel works. The broken dash tach costs 600 bucks, the steering wheel one was 29 bucks at auto zone. Scotty
Hey Scotty! Eleven years later, I found your video and still very helpful. You are the man!
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You are quick and to the point, excellent videos and explanations
Thanks Scotty, it was one of my front tires. Now the car drives straight & handles a lot better too. Guys like you make TH-cam a great place to find answers, save time & money.
I love you man! You have saved me well over $3,000 in expensive auto shop labor costs. Albeit, there have been a few things that I couldn't/shouldn't do on my 2006 Kia Spectra or the 1996 Ford Escort wagon. Keep the videos coming! I always look forward to them.
hello scotty! recently i had a customer request an alignment because of a pull. after only adjusting the right side toe i knew it wasnt the cause of the pull but being that it was very late in the day, this person paid and went on there way. a week later he came back. i have to thank you for this video as it served me as a simple reminder and saved me a lot of time, knowing that the alignment and tire pressure was good i simply rotated the tires free of charge. Keep up the good work scotty!
yep, same thing here in many of those chain stores.
Scotty, thanks for this video! I'm having this pulling issue with my 2000 Ford Ranger, even though my shop says it's in perfect alignment. I'm going to do the checks on the tires you suggested. Can't wait to see what I find out!
What did you find out I have that same issue with my o8 ranger. I keep getting alignments. Doesn't help.
I love watching Scotty so much bro, if I’m feeling down watching him explain how to diagnose and fix a car makes me smile
Man i love your videos...after getting tired of fixing so many cars thru the years i just go on youtube and watch you fix them instead...that´s awesome.
remove the tires, clean the inside of the rims, and put then on gently at first, then retighten all the lug nuts, you could have them on slightly crooked
Thankyou for sharing ideas how to fixing.a car problems you’re are the best keep videos coming Scotty 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
@mds2465 well, depends how badly worn the other side is and if it's a drive tire or not. For example, if it's front wheel drive and it's a front tire, yes. But if it's a back tire on that car, no, you can use the old one over.
This guy is awesome. He somehow makes these instructions really fun to learn. I think he has achieved a gold medal in the Socrates Method.
we need all mechanics to be like this man
My god, the critics are everywhere.
Because they are idiots
Idk why. Your presentation is straight to the point and enjoyable. Haters hate.
Scotty once again your knowledge is very much appreciated.
I love this guy! Great info, and he’s SO intense!
if you mean the wheels drag when you try to spin them, the brakes are dragging. Bad callipers, old clogged brake rubber hoses, or bad brake master cylinders cause that.
great energy!!!! I love your presentation!!! way to go!
Best video I've watched all day. Love it. I'm going to try this on my car
your videos are easy to understand and extremely helpful. Thanks for that. It makes fixing your own car much less daunting and much cheaper.
I suspect my Silverado Z71's G80 locker in the rear has something to do with my intermittent pull to the right. It only seems to do it on rainy days. When its slippery out it tends to lock and the rear end tends to chatter when making low speed turns which I know is not really an issue. You think my locker my be the culprit?
Very good "do it yourself" things you can try before taking it in for an alignment.
Yup 😊. There's so many people on the comments who keep saying to do an alignment and I just feel so annoyed when proving them wrong.
All the dealer and mechanic wants is your money, that's why they say alignment. My dad replaced and aligned the tires of the odyssey to solve the issue of it pulling to right. And after he died, it still pulls to the right. So the most likely reason is that one of the wheels don't spin freely.
Scotty you are a life saver!! Keep it going. Thank you
don't have one yet, I'll make one soon. generally they rust and stick at the back though. or the cables just flat rot away and need replacing
and if it still pulls to one side after all that checks out then your alignment is off
Wrong. If alignment solves the problem, then the Honda Odyssey that my mom drives wouldn't be pulling to the right anymore. But guess what, it still is.
The only reason is that one tire doesn't spin freely. My dad replaced and aligned the tires of this van. Now that he died, I have to deal with the stress he went through. So the tire pressure, which the valves and pressure have been fixed, despite the tpms light remaining on due the receiver malfunction, which is not worth replacing, the tires itself isn't the problem, but rather the spin should be
@Djabrail Storm take your own advice my guy.
Lol
I did everything and the problem still including 10 aligments
@@arodriguez9636 Have you checked your brake calibers
Could also be a collapsed brake hose!
exact problem i had. tyres were brand new but one was defective and caused a radial pull. turns out the tyre had a misaligned steel belt in it.
Your videos are great, short simple and right to the point.
Scotty: God bless you. You are a bg help today as I will be driving to Michigan from Philadelphia. We will keep thinking of you and my first cup of coffee when we get to the road stop will be one to "Cheers for Scotty!" Thanks Man... you rock.
@fordbroncodave Can't cover everything in a three minute video I'm not a magician. Scotty
Turns out it was the TIRES pulling the car. The alignment shop swapped the tires on the front and it pulled in the opposite direction. No more Nexen tires!
I had same problems with Nexen tyres aswel. Apparently they have some real quality issues. Mine are Nblue 4 seasons
@ryechidom have the front end checked for wear by jacking it up and pulling on the tires and looking for play. If there is none, then the tires are shot, out of ballance, or wheels bent. Scotty
@wardubo That's because there are lots of possibilities. Can't change the way things work. Scotty
most of the time ur alignment is off
de1eri0us Not true
Well when I put on my brake my car keeps going and all the wheel falls off then I have to walk home to get a jack to put the wheels back on then I bring the jack back home walking then I come back and get the car that's like 45 miles from home
Better call a taxi.
Actually, yeah, it generally is the alignment.
Always check the easiest things first. Scotty was right in my case with my Model A when he said there could be one brake dragging a little.
FYI you missed the fact you rotate front to back only if the tire is directional and that a miss-mount or backwards directional tire can cause a pull
+Thebad300 YEP!
@pancracius09 Not necessarily, first you must have the alignment checked and check for worn suspension parts, which most people can't do themselves. But if you put the rear tires on the front as a test, and it stops pulling, it is the tires.
@Olddog231 the video explains this. That means one of the tires you rotated is worn unevenly or has a broken belt inside. If you follow the procedure in this video, it will show you which tire is bad. Scotty
Couldn't it be an alignment problem as well?
+Tee Roy Slyks of course it could, but the normal DIY guy can't check that, takes some expensive equipment to check alignment correctly
+Scotty Kilmer You make videos for he average Joe! makes sense. Thanks mate
+Tee Roy Slyks Definitely worth mentioning alignment.
Hey Scotty, first of all, thanks for sharing your experience which is almost thrice as much as my age and for being such a honest and informative person. BTW my dad runs a alignment(both rod and camber), tyre repairing, wheel balancing, and general parts repair/replacement here in Oman and you won't believe the alignment we do here costs 10.39 US Dollar as the computer alignment usually costs 15.58 US Dollar and the customers from there usually come to us cuz the car still pulls to one side, he does it with a measuring rod of some sorts and checks the in/out by seeing the rear tires from the front and we also do camber alignment with cheap equipment. The shop has been running for 35 years and customers are very happy and loyal, and there are 2 people in Oman who still do it the old way, and he hasn't had uneven wear on his cars 5 years old tires. Just wanted to let you know that alignments can be cheap and work very well.
He's showing all the things you can check at home for FREE. Sure your caster can be off. (Toe out and camber really don't cause real bad pulling in general) Why pay $89.99 to have a mechanic tell you to get a new tire. Many service shops use the front end alignment as a FISHING tool to get work. Through an alignment repair shops can find need to replace Tires, ball joints, struts, strut bearings, control arm bushings, wheel bearings, rack, steering box, springs etc. If you can eliminate any bad parts before you get the alignment you will save $$$$. Most shops will not do an alignment for free once your car leaves the shop. In other words, if the alignment shows you need a ball joint and you choose to replace it yourself, you will then have to pay again for an alignment. Usually if the shop does the repair, the 2nd alignment is included.
Hello Scotty, I recently bought a 2003 "Acura Rsx Base Model" and everything works fine on the car it has 147xxx Miles in it . Except one day I got on the freeway with my brother and it was raining and I was going the speed limit which was 60 mph and when I switched lanes I made a 360 spin on the freeway and that was a really scary experience for me luckily nothing happened to me and my brother we got out and made it home safe. The next day I told my parents about it and my mom bought new 2 new tires for the front, gave the car and alignment on the front and the back and changed the front left control arm bushing. But it still does the same thing even on the street whenever I hit a little bump or switch lanes, I feel the car pull to the left or right and I would really appreciate it if you could help me out on what else it could be because I'm running out of options. Please. Thank you for your time.
+Ivan Lopez find a better alignment shop that understands tire tracking and suspension systems better. something is wrong in the front end somewhere
+Scotty Kilmer Thanks! Will be looking into that I really appreciate it.
+Ivan Lopez are you sure you werent hydroplaning and then caught grip at the wrong time which caused you to spin out?
sounds like you need shocks or other suspension parts. a new car and or some driving lessons. hehee
If that RSX is rwd for whatever reason, its cause you hydroplaned without letting go of throttle 😆, that and sway bars, and or bald tires, camber due to messes up struts, etc, if its not the tires, its suspension, could even lead to motor mounts, when you accelerate and it pulls to that side, I advise you pop that hood and look at your motor mounts, if it steers right, check the one on that side cause that will cause you to veer off
Thanks for the videos Scotty!
Thoroughly enjoy your videos Scotty, thanks.
All this information is WRONG! What you do when your car pulls to one side is you buy a new one off the lot each time this happens, dummy.
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You know there's so many people who are not in the same financial situation as you. Just cuz you're filthy rich and can get new car after new car all the time any time doesn't mean everybody can.
Please be practical. Why would u wanna switch to different cars. If you think about it, cars are treated the same as houses, but 10 times cheaper. Would you wanna move to a new house if your microwave stopped working? HELL NO! Would you want to move to a new house just because your garage isn't opening? HELL NO!!!
Same goes for cars. Would you want to buy a new car just because your battery is dead? HELL NO! Would you want to buy a new car just because your old one pulls to the right? HELL NO!!!
@sandydogy Ball joints will have play when you pull on the tire, as I show when I pull on the tire in the video. If you have play pulling at the 12 and 6 oclock position, the ball joint is bad. Scotty
@ryechidom of course it could be, but that's simple to check, jack it up and see if it's sticking. Scotty
Excellent video! It clarifies this so well that I understood it!
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You So Much! I tried the front tire switch test & it turned out to be the solution for my 1967 RS Camaro Convertible. It's a daily driver. It was so irritating drive that thing with it always wanting to turn left.
@KiranTaker270 depends on how picky the inspector is. Of course, check the tire pressure first, cause if one's really low it will do that.
I love this guy, very informative and concise
from a mechanics view thank you so much for posting that i hope everyone pays very close attention!! cross your own tires first
I have this exact problem with my car at the moment..gonna check out these tips in the morning!
Nice one Scotty!
you just taught me a lot THANK YOU SO MUCH...
love the information keep'em coming
really good front end men can align anything by shimmying and drilling and adjusting stuff. I use cotton brothers in houston if you're near here
@13FravelJ If they are really worn, they will have play when you jack up the car and pull on the wheel at 6 and 12 oclock positions. But if not, you have to load it up on the ground, put it in gear with the brake on hard, give it some gas and have someone look at the balljoints to see if they move any as you gas it. Scotty
You’re a legend Scotty!
Thank you Scotty! Saved me a lot of money!
@retroguitarmaster Leave them where they are, tires heat up when driving and the pressure then rises higher. Scotty
@BrownMan59 go to a front end shop, they can adjust it to a certain extent. If they can't, then it would need front end parts that were broken and they could tell you which ones.
I like this guy. To the point and still is energetic at an older age keep on rollin dude!
Thanks Scotty for the info. You are awesome
Im addicted to this channel!
Thank you very much Scotty,so helpful
Great video, great logic. Thanks very much.
you jack it up and pull on the wheel for play. Then if you feel none, remove the tire and pull on the ball joint using a giant pray bar to see if loaded it has any play, they are harder to check as they often need force to check em, unlike things like tie rod ends that are easy
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@baudilus Spinning like that is normal. But if you have a bad wheel bearing, you will wobble pulling the wheel in Any direction. If it only does it in one direction, then it's a bad tie rod in most cases. Scotty
thanks alot man.. I was scratching my head and re doing alignment over and over and I already checked the joints, visual tire, etc.etc. switched them and it was a tire. must have a busted internal belt or something. tires weren't old either so you never know.. great tip.. all good now
Very informative video. Good Work.
Yes, I fix their cars too,. Plus, I film when they are at work, so they don't hear the squealing tires. If you like my car help, be sure to watch my live car talk show every saturday morning at 10 AM CST on google events. I answer your car questions LIVE there. Just go to my scotty kilmer channel on youtube saturday morning at 10, and click on the google plus icon on the top right corner. That takes you to the event. You do have to be a member of google plus to ask questions
You gave me more answers than a car shop I checked out. Thank you
Thanks Scotty for helping me figure my car issue out ,thanks
Love these videos!!!!!! Thank you so much. You have made my wife think I am the smartest man alive!!!!! I can’t thank you enough.
Thanks for the advice Scotty. Switching the tires from the rear to the front revealed my problem- a bad rim. And I thought I needed a wheel alignment!
How clever.. Great Scotty.. He's the man..
@WTFemon get thee to a front end alignment shop to see if it needs an alignment and or other front end work. something is waay off there.
@TeenIronMan of course it can, but you can't check that yourself, only an alignment mechanic can do that. But you can do this test.
@Matthew55904 Moving side to side is almost always a bad tire or tires. As for the noise, sounds like a hole in the exhaust system, check that first. Cats will rattle when they go bad generally. Scotty
Thanks I have that same problem with my car and I never thought about this It was very helpfully
Great help Scotty!
two different problems. I'd assume you need new universal joints on the drive shaft, and front end work such as ball joints or tie rods on the wearing problem
good tip scotty as always
Thanks Scotty to give us usefull information
@Matthew55904 Yes, sort of, It no longer sees the same problem, so it turns the light off. Scotty
AWESOME info!
I wasted money on alignment at dealer and they didnt tell me its tyres cus it still pulled....thanks to this video i did wht scotty said n pull is gone.thanks again.