Station House
Well-Known Member
Distant memory says that this was a recommended approach with cross ply tyres, but not needed with radials
Think you used to go from n/s rear to o/s front, o/s front to n/s front, n/s front to o/s rear and so on - but I may be remembering wrong
That said I did swap front and rear tyres on one of my cars when the outside edges were worn (but still legal) to delay the cost of replacing as I didn't have the pennies at the time.
Found this on the Kwik Fit site
Tyres :: Tyre rotation
Not the clearest written thing, but seems to confirm 'not necessary'
But then found this (with diagrams!) which says it's worth doing!!!
Tyre Rotation
I give up!!! but certainly don't do as a routine or planned thing (and not planning on starting unless the LZ guys advise otherwise)
Oh, one other thought - 1 of my cars has different size tyres front and rear, so wouldn't advise rotating those
Think you used to go from n/s rear to o/s front, o/s front to n/s front, n/s front to o/s rear and so on - but I may be remembering wrong
That said I did swap front and rear tyres on one of my cars when the outside edges were worn (but still legal) to delay the cost of replacing as I didn't have the pennies at the time.
Found this on the Kwik Fit site
Tyres :: Tyre rotation
Not the clearest written thing, but seems to confirm 'not necessary'
But then found this (with diagrams!) which says it's worth doing!!!
Tyre Rotation
I give up!!! but certainly don't do as a routine or planned thing (and not planning on starting unless the LZ guys advise otherwise)
Oh, one other thought - 1 of my cars has different size tyres front and rear, so wouldn't advise rotating those
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instantsquid
New Member
I've had cars which have different tyres front to back, and side to side! Needless to say, there was no spare - just a can of tyre weld.
I'd be very surprised if it was necessary on a 4x4. It's certainly not something I've ever considered doing.
I'd be very surprised if it was necessary on a 4x4. It's certainly not something I've ever considered doing.
Tazz070299
New Member
Mine rotate automatically with the wheels
Otherwise, it's an old practice from when tyres were crossply and you wanted all 4 tyres to wear evenly. It generally stopped when it became common to fit radials on one axle and crossplies on the other as you couldn't mix them on the same axle.
Today,it's open to debate as to whether it's of value on 2wd vehicles. Fronts always wear quicker, because of steering forces and also being the drive wheels for most cars. But there is a school of thought that rotating accentuates wear by subjecting all the tyres to all the different forces. On 4wd the difference in wear between front and back is less pronounced so I doubt whether rotation offers much advantage.
Tazz
