Too late for tire rotation?

It's been 11k miles since I rotated my tires (Michellin MS2). 20k miles total on the tires.

I measured the tread with a tread depth tool and the front's all are at 10/32" and the backs are 10/32" on the outside and 9/32" on the insides all the way in.

Is it too late to rotate my tires or should I rotate them ASAP?

 

Yes. Rotate. Better late than never.

I usually like to rotate at 5000 mile intervals when oil change is done, but have gone 10,000 miles a few times tire rotation, not oil change

. As long as Michelin tires last you still have a lot of wear left.

 

just so you know, if the middle of your tires are wearing down, that means you have too much air pressure, if the outsides are wearing down more than the middle, then you dont have enough air pressure.


also, i would say its not too late at all to rotate.

 

Not too late. Anything 2/32 wear and less and you're fine.

 

Yes I typically rotate every 5k miles too but have been busy lately so I only changed the oil.

 

I am at 5877 miles and going to rotate as soon as I catch up on my other chores. I crawled up under my truck with a depth gauge and find 10mm tread depth all over on my unused spare.

My fronts (Dunlop Grandtrek AT20s) Measure 8mm, left and right, inner and outer edge, so 8-8-8-8 across the front, nice even wear.

On the rear axle my right outer is 7mm, the inner band on the rr is 9mm. On the left side the inner band is 8mm deep, the outer 7mm deep. So looking at the rear axle from behind the truck reading left to right 7-8-9-7 tread depth.

I noticed the spare is mounted such that it needs to be on the driver's side to rotate in the correct direction. Not wild about that, I usually get flats on the right rear when I get them.

Given the wear bar will start wearing at 4mm tread depth remaining I am only looking at 15-20k miles (98% street driven) out of these tires if they keep wearing at the same rate. They'll probably slow down, most other tires I have owned shed the top 2mm much faster than the last 2mm of usable tread.

 

You have a directional spare?

 

Never too late to rotate tires..

 

Well I appreciate the advice on here. I did up rotating my tires and my truck rides fine.

 

I'm quite confused as well!

 

I guess not. There is a circle with a "D" in it and arrow on one side, just to the left of the word "Dunlop" in the sidewall.

Looks kinda vaguely like this: (D>

On the passenger side the emblem points in the direction of the rotation. On the driver's side, as mounted at the factory, they don't.

I guess the D in the emblem stands for "Dunlop" instead of "Direction".

 

Yes sir.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunlop_Tyres#/media/File:Dunlop_tyres.svg