Alignment Feels Off After Tire Rotation.

[NissanFairladyZ32]

I have had these tires less then a year, and have put less then 6,000 miles on them. i just saw that the front looks like they are started to have more tread then the rears so i swapped them, front to rear, not X pattern.

No uneven tread wear on the tires, they are all, 205/50/15 on the stock NB wheels, i just find it funny the car drives perfectly straight with the tires the way i had them, and after i swapped them its good a pretty noticeable pull to the right.

Whats funny is after searching "alignment off after tire rotation" in Google a Miata thread is the first thing that pops up from a different fourm, is this a common thing in miatas ?

http://forum.miata.net/vb/archive/in.../t-171053.html

[tailchaser]

check the air pressures... The Miata is very sensitive to a pressure differential in the front tires. You might only notice it in the rear under hard acceleration.

[NissanFairladyZ32]

Should i also try swapping the front's side to side since my tires on non directional ?

[trickyrix]

Should i also try swapping the front's side to side since my tires on non directional ?

Check tire pressures first, then if it still pulls, try swapping the fronts side-to-side. Could be a bad tire that you might not have noticed with it on the back.

[NissanFairladyZ32]

I seem to have broken 2 wheel studs trying to get the lug-nuts off on my passenger side front wheel.

Do you think i should just change the whole hub/wheel bearing assembly or replace the two broken studs?

Its a 99 NB with 13X,XXX on the Odometer

[trickyrix]

You should be fine to just replace the studs unless the bearing feels loose or it's making noise.

[NissanFairladyZ32]

You should be fine to just replace the studs unless the bearing feels loose or it's making noise.

Seems fine, i guess ill just put some new studs in.

When i put the new studs in, ill report back and see if its driving straighter now that the wheels have been swapped, i reduced air pressure from 35 to around 28 and it didn't help the situation at all.

[tailchaser]

Seems fine, i guess ill just put some new studs in.

When i put the new studs in, ill report back and see if its driving straighter now that the wheels have been swapped, i reduced air pressure from 35 to around 28 and it didn't help the situation at all.

When we said "check air pressure" it was to see if there was a pressure differential side to side... No reason to drop the pressure on all 4.

If the pressures were all equal, you probably have a bad tire. Stick 'em back on the rear and wait for the explosion and flaming death.

[NissanFairladyZ32]

I didn't reduce pressure in all 4 just the one that i think is making the car go to the right, Front Right tire, same one i broke two studs on, if nothing else ill just rotate them back to how they were and replace them as they wear out

[NissanFairladyZ32]

Fixed the studs yesterday, car seems to drive straighter after i swapped front tires from side to side ... <--->

[Jiggerachi]

A decent tire pressure gauge is like 5 bucks at vatozone. I ruined a set of tires a while back on my element due to one tire being really low and I didn't notice it. Granted the miata is very sensitive, but its cheap security.