Can you align a car that has a shifted belt in one of its tires? Can you read my entire paragraph below?

Question

If you perform an alignment to a car, which has a tire with a shifted belt, will the alignment "hold"? Will a shifted belt cause a car to pull to one side? If the car pulls, and you change all 4 tires, and the car tracks more or less straight afterwards, what does that mean?

Answer 1

ya it will hold for a while but its pretty well pointless unless you get that tire replaced. yes the bad tire will cause it to pull even with the alignment.

as for your last question it sounds like your alignment is fine all you need is a new tire.

Answer 2

If you have a tire with a belt separation s***w the alignment - REPLACE THAT TIRE YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Last year while inspecting a customers tires there was one with a ply separation that quite literally exploded in my face.  It took the fender off the car and nearly took my head off. I got off lucky - lost my hearing for about 5 minutes is all. And that was on a car that was parked!  Imagine what can happen on the road.

This isn't to say you should not have the wheel alignment checked - that should be done annually or every 10,000 miles (whichever comes first) to ensure even tire wear and good fuel mileage.  The ply separation may have even been the result of misalignment.  But the bad tire comes first.

Answer 3

alignment will hold but the tire with the belt problem it will pull to that side tll the tire is replaced best to put on back during alignment

cant remember how you can align over internet if you believe you can i can sell u some land overlooking the ocean

Answer 4

Ive logged a lot of hours at dealerships, and can tell you "radial pulls" are very common .  If you have a shifted belt that causes a bumpy feeling you need to change the tire, they usually go down hill quickly.  The best way to tell is to drive 1 mile an hour or so and watch your steering wheel to see if it moves back and forth.  I definitely would wait on the alignment.  Even brand new tires can have a radial pull, I would just swap them around.  Remember when testing for your pull, at higher speeds that your car is not set up to drive on a flat surface because most roads are crowned not flat.  So dot check a pull in a parking lot