alignment problem or tires?

ok i have a 2001 toyota tacoma and its pulling to the left. so i got the alignment done at wheel works about 2 months back and now it pulls to the left again, so i bring it back and they told me its not the alignment its the tires. the tires are slightly bold in the rear but the fronts are ok. would the tires be the problem? they said i need new tires. well i do have tires coming in from the tirerack.com on the 30th but i just want to know could the tires cause the truck to pull to the left and the steering wheel about 1 inch off from the center? basically when i drive i have to hold me steering 1 inch towards the right for it to go straight.

is wheelworks telling me the truth? it seems like they just want to sell me some tires to redo my alignment but i can be wrong.

thanks in advance.

Tires can cause a vehicle to pull in either direction. A poor wheel alignment can also cause the problem. Switch the front tires side to side and see if the pull changes to the opposite direction. If it does it's the tires, if not it's alignment. It' best to find an alignment shop that does nothing but alignment and front end work. They don't rely on tire sales for income so they tend to do better work than general shops that have wheel alignment machine.
Good luck, Clifton

good idea, im gonna try switching the tires and lets find out were they lying to me. thanks for the tip.

definintly needed my alignment redone. its very obvious that my left tire (driver side) is turned out towards the left when the steering wheel is straight and the right side wheel is straight. well my tires is on back order but i should get them by this week and they better make it right this time. can anybody tell me what would cause the tire to shift slightly towards the left? and what could happen if i keep on driving like this?

thanks in advance

Assuming the truck has not been involved in an accident or hit something hard enough to bend some front end parts, a proper wheel alignment will correct the problem. It's hard to eyeball the front and tell exactly how far out the wheels are toed. Your alignment shop should have set the toe when you paid to get a wheel alignment. If you have excessive toe in/out the tires will were out much sooner than if the toe in is correct. It sounds like your alignment shop has not done their job. I would find another shop, I know it's expensive but tires are also expensive if they wear out in half the projected miles. For more information about wheel alignment you may want to read this short course on wheel alignment.
http://www.familycar.com/alignment.htm
Hope get the problem corrected. Clifton

thanks for the info, very informative.

had the same problem. had alinement done at three diffrent places .changed tires after they were worn and no more pulling!

yeah it was diffinently the tires.

ok now on another topic on tires. i just got new tires in for my tacoma from the tire rack. the max psi on the tires are 35psi and my tacoma recommends 36psi. weird isnt it? my old tires was at 50 max psi. so what should i do? return the tires? what would happen if i just run 35psi for all four since it is max?
tire size: 265 70r 16
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Look at the old tires and find the small print that tells the maximum load rating at some stated psi. For example,"Maximum load, 3850 lbs. at 50 psi".
Your new tire will have the maximun load rating at 35 psi. If the load ratings of both tires are close the new tires should be ok. In any case you should not use more than 35 psi in the new tires. For more information than you may want to know about tires see this;
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/TireSafety/ridesonit/brochure.html
Good luck, Clifton