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| bandjoey |
 Jul 12 2018, 09:48 PM
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bandjoey  Group: Members Posts: 4,923 Joined: 26-September 07 From: Bedford Tx Member No.: 8,156 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
Searched, and also never seen this talked about.
How do you rotate the tires?? With low annual mileage, do we need to? What do you do? |
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| Tom_T |
Jul 12 2018, 09:58 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California 
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IIRC Bill, it's every 5K miles (or 8K), & do same side front to back rotation for directional tread radials - not the "X" LF to RR & RF to LR & LR & RR forward - otherwise for non-directional treads you can do either. I think they show it in your owners manual too, or use the ones in the nailed threads on here.
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| Mark Henry |
Jul 13 2018, 09:20 AM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
QUOTE(Tom_T @ Jul 12 2018, 11:58 PM)  IIRC Bill, it's every 5K miles (or 8K), & do same side front to back rotation for directional tread radials - not the "X" LF to RR & RF to LR & LR & RR forward - otherwise for non-directional treads you can do either. I think they show it in your owners manual too, or use the ones in the nailed threads on here. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// Nope... even if they are not directional radials should never be done in the X pattern. Front to back, but they always stay same side. Doing the x pattern is for bias ply tires only. The 914 owners manual was made when bias ply were the most common tires available. |
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| AZBanks |
Jul 13 2018, 01:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,060 Joined: 7-December 05 From: New River, AZ Member No.: 5,245 Region Association: Southwest Region
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QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Jul 13 2018, 08:20 AM) QUOTE(Tom_T @ Jul 12 2018, 11:58 PM) IIRC Bill, it's every 5K miles (or 8K), & do same side front to back rotation for directional tread radials - not the "X" LF to RR & RF to LR & LR & RR forward - otherwise for non-directional treads you can do either. I think they show it in your owners manual too, or use the ones in the nailed threads on here. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// Nope... even if they are not directional radials should never be done in the X pattern. Front to back, but they always stay same side. Doing the x pattern is for bias ply tires only. The 914 owners manual was made when bias ply were the most common tires available. I've heard that about only rotating radials front to back and I've also heard it is a myth from when radials were new technology and the belts were not bonded to the rest of the tire as well as they are today. I can not find any current information saying not to swap sides with radials. The closest I found was a tirerack faq that said not to rotate studded tires side to side but did not explain why. |
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| bbrock |
Jul 13 2018, 03:14 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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QUOTE(AZBanks @ Jul 13 2018, 01:17 PM) QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Jul 13 2018, 08:20 AM) QUOTE(Tom_T @ Jul 12 2018, 11:58 PM) IIRC Bill, it's every 5K miles (or 8K), & do same side front to back rotation for directional tread radials - not the "X" LF to RR & RF to LR & LR & RR forward - otherwise for non-directional treads you can do either. I think they show it in your owners manual too, or use the ones in the nailed threads on here. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// Nope... even if they are not directional radials should never be done in the X pattern. Front to back, but they always stay same side. Doing the x pattern is for bias ply tires only. The 914 owners manual was made when bias ply were the most common tires available. I've heard that about only rotating radials front to back and I've also heard it is a myth from when radials were new technology and the belts were not bonded to the rest of the tire as well as they are today. I can not find any current information saying not to swap sides with radials. The closest I found was a tirerack faq that said not to rotate studded tires side to side but did not explain why. All of the manuals for new cars I've bought (came with radials and were either rear wheel or 4WD) recommend the rearward cross rotation pattern. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/static.pepboys.com-20845-1531516498.1.png) |
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| mb911 |
Jul 13 2018, 03:19 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,823 Joined: 2-January 09 From: Burlington wi Member No.: 9,892 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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QUOTE(bbrock @ Jul 13 2018, 01:14 PM) QUOTE(AZBanks @ Jul 13 2018, 01:17 PM) QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Jul 13 2018, 08:20 AM) QUOTE(Tom_T @ Jul 12 2018, 11:58 PM) IIRC Bill, it's every 5K miles (or 8K), & do same side front to back rotation for directional tread radials - not the "X" LF to RR & RF to LR & LR & RR forward - otherwise for non-directional treads you can do either. I think they show it in your owners manual too, or use the ones in the nailed threads on here. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// Nope... even if they are not directional radials should never be done in the X pattern. Front to back, but they always stay same side. Doing the x pattern is for bias ply tires only. The 914 owners manual was made when bias ply were the most common tires available. I've heard that about only rotating radials front to back and I've also heard it is a myth from when radials were new technology and the belts were not bonded to the rest of the tire as well as they are today. I can not find any current information saying not to swap sides with radials. The closest I found was a tirerack faq that said not to rotate studded tires side to side but did not explain why. All of the manuals for new cars I've bought (came with radials and were either rear wheel or 4WD) recommend the rearward cross rotation pattern. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/static.pepboys.com-20845-1531516498.1.png) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Same with mine.. |
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bandjoey Tire rotation or not? Jul 12 2018, 09:48 PM
ConeDodger
IIRC Bill, it's every 5K miles (or 8K), ... Jul 13 2018, 06:11 PM
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