Thread: Tyre Rotation

Hi Dave. I do mine every 5000km's.Even though this is quite often and a pain, I have got over 100,000 km out of my BFG's. I do all 5. Matt

agreed - rotation seems to be a good idea

some commentaters may say that it's important to keep the direction in which the tyre rotates the same when you the swap them around - and you can have them turned over on the rims to achieve this ....

Over the years I've tried both doing and not doing the turnover thing - hasn't seemed to make a difference that I can see

I have always wondered why in the book which came with my vehicle (2010 Puma) they say not to rotate the tyres?

I have always rotated the tyres on all the vehicles I have owned including the Puma.

When mine went in for its first service, they said they were supposed to do the rotation then. They did'nt, but I suspect with all the other stuff going on they forgot. I wish I had checked it before I left,, now I'll have to do it myself,,
So as I understand, L/R should go to spare (S), so the original S and R/R go to the front, with R/R going to F/R, S going to L/F, and the fronts going directly to the back, crossing over on the way, (L/F goes to R/R, and R/F goes to L/R).
Can anyone confirm this?

Chops

hope attachment worked. I use G.

So going by the pic above the spare is supposed to be included in the rotation also??..

Yes, include the spare,,, it means you get more "overall" miles out of the full set. This will then give you more "time" between tyre purchases too, although it means you buy 5 tyres every time, not 4.

Originally Posted by Chops

Yes, include the spare,,, it means you get more "overall" miles out of the full set. This will then give you more "time" between tyre purchases too, although it means you buy 5 tyres every time, not 4.

But it does mean that you are able to change the brand/size/tread pattern when you're due for a new set instead of having to either dispose of an unused spare or stick with the same as the spare and end up with a spare that is probably close to or past it's 'use by' date.