What is tire tread pull?

Answer 1

I think your talking about a "radial pull".

Back in the early days of radials, they all used to cause a pull. After installation the techs would keep testing and rotating the tires until the car drove straight.

Today that's a thing of the past. Out of the box a new tire should not cause a pull. A tire with uneven wear from say, a bad alignment or worn suspension parts may cause a pull however. Usually rotating the tire to a different position on the car will eliminate the symptom.

Answer 2

What is tire tread pull?

"Tread pull" = certain tire style treads easily affected by grooved paved surfaces.

At high rates of speed [<115 mph] this pulling and shifting of the tire tread can cause a vehicle to lose control.

Even at cruising speed you can feel the vehicle shifting from side to side.. while the tires are "hunting" for proper tracking on the irregular paved surface.

Does this info help any?

Answer 3

Your questions is kinda vague, are you referring to tire pull, like the steering or the tire depth you need to pull them at when legal.
Tire tread pull can also refer to tread wear, ie one side wears more than the other, the tread feathers, the tread wears in such a manner that it forces the tires from their straight track one direction or the other, this accelerates the wear.
Have the front end aligned and look for worn aprts that can cause the sterring to pull. check with your local Dept of Motor Vehilces for legal tread depth laws, usually its not less than 2/32" or 3/32" of tire tread before you need to pull and repalce them.

Answer 4

some of your better more expencive mlti-season and touring tires will do this "tread pull" due to the tire having an agressive tread pattern. They tend to follow and ride on the many of straight lined inperfections in the road, especialy when driving on the freeways thats made of cement with rainlines in them.

Answer 5

a bad tire with a bulge or belt separation