5 Tire rotation

[kokopelli]

I would rotate it through all corners.

Spare to right rear
Right rear to right front
Right front to left rear
Left rear to left front
Left front to spare

or conversly.. Ron

thenail previously said:

But if you're rotating 2 tires on one side of the rig and 3 tires on the other side isn't that going to cause some issues down the road (so to speak)? For example, after 50,000 miles you'll have 2 tires with 50,000 miles on them, 2 tires with 35,000 miles on them, and the spare will have 30,000 miles.

[three%hero]

thenail previously said:

But if you're rotating 2 tires on one side of the rig and 3 tires on the other side isn't that going to cause some issues down the road (so to speak)? For example, after 50,000 miles you'll have 2 tires with 50,000 miles on them, 2 tires with 35,000 miles on them, and the spare will have 30,000 miles.

I had the same thought. I'm gonna go with this (Image G):

[Zhorus]

meh, i guess i'm lazy then. i just go counter clockwise if you look at the vehicle from the top down.

[sand_man]

three%hero previously said:

I had the same thought. I'm gonna go with this (Image G):

changing the rotation (ie. passenger side tires to drivers side) should only be done with street tires (radials). if you have all terains, mud terrains, etc...you should never change the rotation direction.

[kokopelli]

The "guru's" have flip flopped on this for years. The manual on both my Rubicon's (GY MTR's) specifically said to do just that, as the example states. For directional tires no, but 99.9% are non-directional. Ron

sand_man previously said:

changing the rotation (ie. passenger side tires to drivers side) should only be done with street tires (radials). if you have all terains, mud terrains, etc...you should never change the rotation direction.

[Dragon]

Yup. Image G is how I do it. NON Directional can be crossed.

[Hyperdriver]

with 20,000 miles on the four original tires, and 0 miles on the spare tire. Is it a bad idea to now rotate the spare into the scheduled tire rotations?

[sand_man]

yeah, and when you need new tires, you only buy 4 instead of 5! there's 2 bills right there!

[kokopelli]

But they last 1/5 longer if you use all five.. and you can get a different tire. I have never done a 5 tire rotation, but I will now. I want to get different tires Ron

I realized this when I discovered the I "don't really need GY MTR's on the street", but I have a new spare that will only bring $50!

sand_man previously said:

yeah, and when you need new tires, you only buy 4 instead of 5! there's 2 bills right there!

[momeara]

But, if you rotate the spare in and you have a major blowout you'll only need to replace one tire instead of 2