New tires feel off. Thoughts?

[brandtreed]

Hi. We just put new tires on our 98 International Skokie bus. I know new tires usually feel a bit different as balance beads need to disperse and tread depth affects things. However, we are about 400 miles in and keep getting a strange fish tail when going approx 60 on highway. Back right side keeps pulling right every once and while. Thoughts?

[ABBus]

1. Did you check the pressure?
2. Beads are not the best way to balance a wheel. Centra-matics are way better.

[Brad_SwiftFur]

I've had the same feeling with all new tires on tractor-trailers. My experience was that the tires stopped this after a few thousand miles (a couple weeks to a month, given the mileage we traveled.)
Yes, the pressure was full on all of them and the alignment was good too.

[Deezl Smoke]

Originally Posted by Brad_SwiftFur

I've had the same feeling with all new tires on tractor-trailers. My experience was that the tires stopped this after a few thousand miles (a couple weeks to a month, given the mileage we traveled.)
Yes, the pressure was full on all of them and the alignment was good too.

I second this motion.
New tires will "feel" new for a while, especially if the brand and type was changed from what was taken off.

[cadillackid]

if you went up in size / width it takes a little getting used to.. if you went with an aggressive drive tire they have a pretty wide footprint on the ground usually and can be a little tougher to drive.. esp in an empty bus...


running the pressure up at the higher end of the range seems to help.

[brandtreed]

Thanks for the thoughts and tire tips. We’ll see how the tires perform on this trip. They feel a bit better today.