Road with uneven surfaces.......
My SRW Ram 2500 just got new M&S E rated Michelins. Wow, How they wandered until they got broken in. As long as the road is graded even with a newer surface its a butter cake to steer, but when you ge...
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Not the same but I think the cause is the same for all of us. A few months ago I put new tires on my Suburban and it wandered all over the place and was downright scary to drive down the highway.
What I finally figured out is that tires all grip the road and handle differently. (Well I knew that part) Once you get used to how your tires handle you just instinctively or subconsciously move the steering wheel back and forth tiny bits as needed to keep straight in the lane. When you change lanes or take a corner you know how far to turn the wheel.
When you put new tires on you hit the road and your muscle memory tries to use the same little subconscious moves of the steering wheel and those slight moves are all wrong for your new tires. Couple that with the new tires not yet being broken in and you can get a downright scary ride for the first hundred miles or so.
What I finally figured out is that tires all grip the road and handle differently. (Well I knew that part) Once you get used to how your tires handle you just instinctively or subconsciously move the steering wheel back and forth tiny bits as needed to keep straight in the lane. When you change lanes or take a corner you know how far to turn the wheel.
When you put new tires on you hit the road and your muscle memory tries to use the same little subconscious moves of the steering wheel and those slight moves are all wrong for your new tires. Couple that with the new tires not yet being broken in and you can get a downright scary ride for the first hundred miles or so.
