How do YOU rotate your tires?

i dont think i would say thats cutting corners
how is it going to take more time if its on the lift

 

Nope. Not correct.

Listen to this guy....he is in the business probably longer then 1/2 of TW members have been alive and knows his shit.

I disagree because they all say the same shit. The belts get used to going in one direction and when you swap sides the belts are going a different direction. You can have many issues if you do a rotation like this.

 

I would believe this over any of the other responders on here

 

lol...they are actually saving you money not cutting corners.

Next time you have 1k + in tires go bad because they were flip flopped you'll agree with me.

 

i cross front tires to back and bring rear straight to front

 

This is what we did at discount tire unless people requested to just do a strait roto, front to back and back to front. You also have to keep directional tires in mind

 

all iam saying guys is if you look up how to rotate tires you going to
find many many many people saying front to back and or doing it in a cross
this is what we have found over the years when we would cross the
tires within a week we had the customer back with a tire pull to one side
or a broken belt in the tires
when we stoped doing it that way and just did front to back everyone
was happy and no more come backs with tire pulls or broken belts

 

You just need to create a thread cause this topic comes up all the time.

and if any n00bs give you shit I got your back

 

i think i will
and thanks

 

This is true and I probably should have put some sort of disclaimer on it... I actually don't rotate my tires according to how Cooper says to. I go front to back, that sketch I posted says I should be criss-crossing rear to front but Mr. Tarantino set me straight last summer when this topic came up. He, and lots of other people I know in person and trust, recommend front to back, that's it.

 

I crisscross ever other rotate.

 

front to back every 3-4k

 

i do 5k and i work at a tire shop and we do all the above haha our standard is fronts straight back and cross rears to front, i dont notice a difference with any diff way. If i have uneven ware ore toe in or out ware i rotate accordingly to even it out