Thread: Tyre rotation

Originally Posted by landoman

I have Goodyear wrangler MT/R tyres on my 110
I note in the defender hand book(2016) it says “do not rotate the tyres around the vehicle “
............is there some reason why not ???

Were the factory fitted tyres directional? That's the only reason I can think of.

I had MT/R s on my 130 and found they wore pretty evenly maybe it's just not necessary unless you want to wear the spare out?

Regards,
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Originally Posted by donh54

Were the factory fitted tyres directional? That's the only reason I can think of.

All 4 tyres look identical .....not sure I’d know what a directional tyre looks like

I do a 5 wheel rotation with the Wranglers. I did notice the rear tyres (and spare) came at 50psi from the factory. I think the fronts were around 36psi. I figured it was due to the max load rating. You wouldn’t rotate the wheels without adjusting the air. Over 60k on the clock and still have usable tread.

I won’t reverse a tyres rolling direction. Ever..

I will occasionally move tyres fore and aft but that’s it. I usually don’t rotate my tyre positions and still get balanced wear.

Toyo: “Diagonal rotations are recommended for non-directional and asymmetric tyres, gas shown below. This is the preferred method of rotation due to the fact that the passenger’s side front tyre is the fastest wearing tyre on most cars, SUVs and light commercial vehicles. A diagonal rotation will reverse the direction of rotation of the tyres. Reversing the direction of rotation of non-directional or asymmetric tyres will not damage the tyres.”

Excellent cut and paste- and yet I’ve seen exactly that happen... once they belts load up in a primary direction they don’t tend to like going the opposite way.

I’ve also observed noise increases, changes in handling, induced harmonics.

As for the “passengers side front is always the fastest wearing” - I’ll beg to differ... all my tyres are at the same depth.

I run Toyo tyres on Rosie P38a and never rotate.
Odd times ive had a puncture repaired and they have put the tyre back on a different rotation the tyre is very very noisy.
So, no rotation. The nearside front wears first - so I change both fronts together, then when they are done, all four together.