OT--Tire Rotation

Jiles

Well-known Member
My owners manual states that the tires should be rotated every 6,000 miles.
They instruct to rotate front to rear keeping tires on the same side.
Don't fully understand since the next time tires are rotated, they are back to their original position??
The car is an Infiniti FX35 rear wheel drive with Michelin tires.
 
Front to rear is correct. You are not supposed to change rolling directions of a radial tire.
 
(quoted from post at 21:25:15 07/06/13) Front to rear is correct. You are not supposed to change rolling directions of a radial tire.

Yes--I know. In the past, the cords would break if you did.
I can't understand why there is so much conflicting information on this subject--even from tire dealers!
Some say to cross, some say to keep in same direction.
I have always kept the direction, but this seems a waste of time when you return them to their original position!
 

My opinion, based on experience and observation, is that tires on the front will wear on the edges due to turning the car, leaving them rounded, and that rear tires will wear flat across, leaving a worn area in the center of the tread. Rotating them gives the tires a chance to even out the wear patterns.

KEH
 
Most owners manuals today recommend rotating the tires from right front to left rear, and left front to right rear. Reversing the direction of rotation on a radial tire is perfectly acceptable, and evem recommended. 30 years ago or longer, it was recommended to not reverse the direction of rotation, but that is no longer true.

The owners manual probably even has directions on how to incorporate the spare tire (if full sized) into the rotation. You should always follow the instructions in the owners manual.
 
If your tires are wearing on the outside or inside then you are not setting them at the corect air pressure. read the label either under the hood or on drivers door it will tell you the correct pressure for front and rear. I use this and my tires always run even across the tread. i never rotate and my tires all wear even enough that I can replace all four at the sametime. except on front drive cars where the rear are like a trailer tire and never wear. on these rotate fon to rear at about half the wear down on the front tires. Now don"t take this for GOSPLE as some cars are just fifferent. also keep a check on front end alinement as this will cause uneven wear on the inside or outside of the front tires. there are other reason such as uneven trailing arms on older Chevies friend of mine had one of those it wore out rear tires right and left untill he had it fixed.
Walt
 
I bought the free lifetime rotate and balance with a set of tires at Wally World. When I took it in for the first rotate and balance they told me they only rotated one because they all looked pretty even. They also didn't balance them because they had rocks in them. I had just drove 60 miles of highway to get there. At least they admitted to how stupid they were.
 
The tires on my truck rotate ever time I drive it. For tire pressure, I go by what the tire says not the vehicle. Always get good tire wear.
 
Front tires will ALWAYS wear more on the edges due to cornering. They are also more prone to bouncing.
 
Your car may have come from the factory with Directional tires(like rear tractor's)or factory custom rims that are Directional. Either will only let you rotate front to back. The correct rotation pattern for most cars and trucks, are to cross the tires to the DRIVE axle, from the drive axle straight to the none drive axle, the more aggressive the tread, the more they need rotated. BTW when the tire company's said crossing them caused tread separation they were building junk tires and needed some to blame.
 
the tire pressure on the tire says MAX Pressure not operating pressure that is desided by the tire size and the weight of the car that's why we go by the decal on the door or under the hood. Smater people than us have figured all this out.
Walt
 
Trouble is that outside of Ford (which may have changed since 03) I've never seen a door sticker that had inflation for full load and empty.

To get the empty pressure on my rear tires I do a burn-out. If it's darker in the middle, pressure too high, darker on the edges, too low, even clear across, just right.
 
Many tires have direction arrows printet on them. Right hand front tire always get worn a lot more than the other due to the many roundabouts we have here so I would like to rotate the front tires left to right and right to left but I don't do it because of the direction marks.
 

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