Our 2002 Sequoia 2WD has 34K miles and still on the original Dunlop
265/70-16 tires.
In the past few months in highway driving I notice the vehicles pulls to the right when I take my hands off the steering wheel.
I suspect this is likely associated with 1) the tires and/or 2) the front end alignment.
I got DJ's alignment specs for toe, caster and camber.
Questions :
1) Have I correctly narrowed down th issue to tires/alignment?
2) The tires are within 5K miles of the end of their useful life
3) Should I postpone having alignment work performed until I get new tires ? ( i.e. would the alignment have to be re-performed with the new set of tires?)
My thought is the original Dunlop tires could possibly be the issue and a new set of tires may eliminate or reduce the problem.
Anyways- any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
ALSO - Any suggestions for a shop in Houston Texas to perform a good alignment ? Or should I take to the Toyota dealer ?
Our 2002 Sequoia 2WD has 34K miles and still on the original Dunlop
265/70-16 tires.
In the past few months in highway driving I notice the vehicles pulls to the right when I take my hands off the steering wheel.
I suspect this is likely associated with 1) the tires and/or 2) the front end alignment.
I got DJ's alignment specs for toe, caster and camber.
Questions :
1) Have I correctly narrowed down th issue to tires/alignment?YES
2) The tires are within 5K miles of the end of their useful life , MINE ONLY LASTED 22K miles
3) Should I postpone having alignment work performed until I get new tires ? ( i.e. would the alignment have to be re-performed with the new set of tires?)
I would rotate the tires to get rid of the pull until you put new ones on. Then have it aligned with the new tires.
My thought is the original Dunlop tires could possibly be the issue and a new set of tires may eliminate or reduce the problem.Good IDEA AND assumption
Anyways- any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
ALSO - Any suggestions for a shop in Houston Texas to perform a good alignment ? Or should I take to the Toyota dealer ?Sorry I live In LAS VEGAS.
Someone else will have to help ya in TEXAS.
Thanks- GNB
Have a great weekend
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After inspection- decided to go ahead and have all 4 tires replaced with Michelin LTX's 265/70-16's . There just wasn't enough safety margin left in the thread of the oem Dunlops.
Then had the front end aligned following DJ's alignment specs.
Hopefully, all is well now. I'll know after tomorrow after a 150 mile highway drive I am taking.
Front End Alignment Issues ? - 2002 Sequoia 2WD
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