Tyre Advice

Punctured front nearside tyre. Spare is brand new.
Ive put both rear tyres onto the front, and the remaining front onto the rear with the new spare. Plan to buy two new tyres and put them on the back when I get paid.
Is this correct way to change my tyres?
many thanks
Dave
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Had the devil on my shoulder this afternoon and couldnt resist temptation to try an off road track Ive been looking at for awhile.

Basically about a mile across a field. Didnt realise how deep the ruts would get and very swampy. Freelander handled this pretty well. The track led into some woods - I had been advised by my 18 year old daughter (who was also in the car) that these woods are passable as friends of hers use this route. Well got into the woods and they was badly overgrown with holly and all kinds of green stuff. The track couldnt have been tighter and very very muddy. At one point didnt think I was going to get out. Anyway result was one Freelander heavilly scratched down both sides, cracked drivers dive headlight, and something went straight thru the wall of nearside front tyre.

To be honest I quite enjoyed myself - dont think I'll try that track again though

Make sure you have the same make/model/size tyres all round. Then put those with the most tread on the rear. If the 2 on the rear have the most tread out of the 4, but are slightly different tread depth, then the rear diff will take out the difference. Ran mine like that for years.

One thing to watch for is the circumference of the tyres is the same. Sometimes just looking at tread depth isn't enough, as different batches of the same make/model/size can be slightly different. At least you only have to check this once per tyre, then just look at the tread on them thereafter until replaced then do full checks again.

Changed all 4 tyres today. Had Coninental Cross Contact LX put on. Garage had over inflated the tyres, but once I had reduced the pressure to my preferred 30 psi all round the drive improved.
My alloy wheels was starting to look really grotty and I had planned to buy some alloy cleaner for them but tried Muc-off instead. Usually use this on my motorcycle. Wheels came up really well with minimal effort.

I am confused I always thought you should not put the rears onto they front because they go threepenny bit shape, having read a a good number of posts its seems the common advice is put the new ones on the back and the backs to the front.
Going to get 2 new fronts this week so would like to be sure where to put them. Doubt it makes any difference but have 16inch wheels always with original tyre size on them.

In the past i have always put new on front then next time change all 4, have always used 4 matching makes and sizes.

terrier

Change all four at the same time ideally. Same make and model.

If you must change only two, put new on the back and old at the front. Again, same make and model. It puts less stress on the transmission.

thanks thats what i will do, so what was the old story about the backs getting 3penny shape and not to put them on the front all about

terrier989 said:

thanks thats what i will do, so what was the old story about the backs getting 3penny shape and not to put them on the front all about

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The odd shape that some rear tyres went was on the original factory Goodyear Wranglers. It was a combination of drag from the VCU, low tyre pressure and rear suspension settings. This caused the tread to go out of shape causing a droning sound. These things were fixed very early on in the production run. With the tyre pressure at 30 Psi and later suspension settings, the tyres remain mostly round.

A new pair of identical tyres must always go on the back. The part worn rears being moved to the front.
It's wise to do the one wheel up test too, just as a precaution.

I have 2000 model from new, I recall getting there being an addendum to hand book to tyre pressure from 30 to 26 because the fronts were wearing out very quickly at 30, and at some point the sticker inside the door was changed, so mine have always run at 26

terrier989 said:

I have 2000 model from new, I recall getting there being an addendum to hand book to tyre pressure from 30 to 26 because the fronts were wearing out very quickly at 30, and at some point the sticker inside the door was changed, so mine have always run at 26

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The correct revised tyre pressure is 30 Psi. The pressure increased from 26 to 30 Psi in around 2000.

Disagree my hand book and Rave say

ALL models up to 4 pax and luggage 26psi

all models MAX GROSS weight and TOWING 30psi

terrier989 said:

Disagree my hand book and Rave say

ALL models up to 4 pax and luggage 26psi

all models MAX GROSS weight and TOWING 30psi

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The recommended tyre pressure for the Freelander 1 was initially 30 PSI (2.1 bar). This was later reduced to 26 PSI (1.8 bar). However, at 26 PSI (1.8 bar) it was found that the tyres were wearing fast and unevenly and their recommendation reverted back to 30 PSI (2.1 bar). What is possibly more important with the Freelander 1 is for all four tyres to be at the same pressure and generally a pressure around 30 PSI (2.1 bar) is satisfactory for most conditions. Many people, particularly those with lower profile tyres run them harder, up to 35 PSI (2.4 bar) especially with the 50 % and 55 % tyres fitted to the 17" and 18" rims. I run my current 225/60/17 tyres at 32 PSI which I find gives good all round performance.

All handbooks after 2003 should have tyre pressure printed at 30 PSI. Freelanders from late 05 and 06 plate years have higher tyre pressure still, due to the extra load carrying capacity they had.

thank you I was not aware of the change back to 30 psi, will run them higher from now

terrier