Car tyre rotation?

[awa355]

Was reading an old car manual section on the correct pattern to rotate the car tyres to keep the wear pattern even.

Does anyone bother doing this these days? I always meant too but never did.

I can remember my late uncle jacking up his pride and joy ( EIP Velox), and shifting the wheels around. Later, I was told that once a wear pattern had started, it stayed that way for the life of the tyre.

Tyres being mostly Xplys in the 50 / 60's may have been a factor,

Mind you, he would always bring his caravan back from the beach at the end of summer. Jack it up on blocks, wash all the salt spray from underneath, prime, and give the chassis another coat of paint before storing it away for the winter.

Dont think too many people worry about such things these days.

[hellokitty]

Mind you, he would always bring his caravan back from the beach at the end of summer. Jack it up on blocks, wash all the salt spray from underneath, prime, and give the chassis another coat of paint before storing it away for the winter.

Dont think too many people worry about such things these days.

Awesome - I bought an old mini off a guy that used to take it apart and rust proof it - it was mint.

[scumdog]

Mostly nobody cares these days, everything is cheap - and disposable.

Few people take good care of their gear as most of the time they don't anticipate having it for very long...

Unlike in the 'olde days' when it was hard to get stuff like cars, they were expensive and you couldn't buy stuff at 'Zero deposit - 12 months interest-free' etc.

(Toddles off in well maintained mobility scooter while wearing thick glasses and an ear-horn...)

[BMWST?]

i used to swap my tyres front to back,but not from 1 side to another,my car used to wearrr the outsides of the fronts and insides of the rears,so swapping halfway through evened the wear out.The manufacturere recomended NOT rotating tyres but that would mean that tyres would wear out on the sides before the rest of the tyre had.Swapping them front to back evened the wear out,so they actually wore down to the wear marks before demolishing one edge.

[pzkpfw]

Last time I got tyres on my car, two new ones for the back, the tyre shop put them on the front and moved the front ones to the back. Didn't even ask me, but I recall from a previous visit they recommend that due to front wheel drive car. Makes sense to me, I guess, those tyres do the driving and the steering. So the tyres kind of get semi-rotated anyway.

(I think I tend to wear out two sets of front tyres per every set of rears; so sometimes the fronts get replaced and the rears just stay there.)

[Kickaha]

Last time I got tyres on my car, two new ones for the back, the tyre shop put them on the front and moved the front ones to the back. Didn't even ask me, but I recall from a previous visit they recommend that due to front wheel drive car. Makes sense to me, I guess, those tyres do the driving and the steering. So the tyres kind of get semi-rotated anyway.

http://www.nzta.govt.nz/vehicle/choo...ics.html#tyres
Most tyre manufacturers recommend placing the tyres with the best grip and cornering power - new tyres - at the rear, whether the car is front or rear wheel drive. Fitting new tyres to the front can result in oversteer and loss of control.

[sil3nt]

Fitting new tyres to the front can result in oversteer and more fun at roundabouts.

Fixed.

[Hitcher]

I like to rotate the tyres on my motorbike. However weather in recent weekends has put a bit of a stop to that.

[awa355]

I like to rotate the tyres on my motorbike. However weather in recent weekends has put a bit of a stop to that.

I used to rotate my bike tyres as well,, but trying to jam a wide rear tyre between the front forks can be a pain!!

Every 10,000 thou k's. F to R, R to front etc. Now I just leave the tyres as they are.

[pzkpfw]

http://www.nzta.govt.nz/vehicle/choo...ics.html#tyres
Most tyre manufacturers recommend placing the tyres with the best grip and cornering power - new tyres - at the rear, whether the car is front or rear wheel drive. Fitting new tyres to the front can result in oversteer and loss of control.

Thanks for that. Will mention next time I'm at (same place I usually go for tyres) and see what they say.

[Kickaha]

It comes down to personal preference,I'd always fit to the front of mine as I'd rather have oversteer than understeer but for Joe Average apparently understeer is safer

Most car manufacturers supposedly dial there cars in for slight understeer

Now, this is really quite simple ,ok? Understeer works like this: you drive down the road , turn the wheel, but the car goes straight on, crashes into a tree and you die. OVERsteer works like this: you drive down the same bit of road, turn the wheel, but the back of the car comes round like this, and you go off the road, crash into a tree and you die. Now, oversteer is best, because you don't see the tree that kills you.

[FJRider]

I like to rotate the tyres on my motorbike. However weather in recent weekends has put a bit of a stop to that.

harden up ...

[DrunkenMistake]

harden up ...

Lmao..


Im trying to work out what bike has the same tyre sizes front and back ?

[FJRider]

Lmao..


Im trying to work out what bike has the same tyre sizes front and back ?

How to ... Rotate motorcycle tyres ...

1. Climb on.
2. Start engine.
3. Select 1st gear (with clutch engaged)
4. Release clutch ...
5. Engage higher gears at will (optional)

[Wannabiker]

A lot of modern tyres are now directional, meaning you cannot rotate them like "in the old days" (diagonally front to rear). Care must be taken by the tyre shop to fit the tyre to the rim in the correct orientation and side, so the tread runs in the right direction. Front to rear is now the best you can do.

Cars with Tyre pressure sensors (Peugot) do not like having only one tyre replaced, as the different circumference sets off the low pressure sensors.