Thread: New D697s fitted

Originally Posted by Tombie

Well, had the D697s fitted today.

So that's about 3.5 years Mike (if still on same set). How many km's & how are they wearing?
I've just past 31,000 and tread depth is 7mm with no issues so far.

Scott

Mine were bought 04/13 at 94,000km and now at 147,000km and still heaps of life left. Well above the minimum marker and nice even wear unlike the OEMs that wore out on the edges first.

I always hoped I would get 80,000km out of them which looks possible.

I run them at 38psi on road.

Regular rotations and alignments are key.

Been great tyres on and off road. No chips etc.

Originally Posted by PerthDisco

Mine were bought 04/13 at 94,000km and now at 147,000km and still heaps of life left. Well above the minimum marker and nice even wear unlike the OEMs that wore out on the edges first.

I always hoped I would get 80,000km out of them which looks possible.

I run them at 38psi on road.

Regular rotations and alignments are key.

Been great tyres on and off road. No chips etc.

How many tyres have you got and how do you rotate????
Ive just fitted a secondhand set of coopers,I have 4@10000km and 2 new.I fitted the best of the 4 used on the front,very little in it and the 2 newbies on the rear.Next rotation Im unsure,other 2 secondhandies on the front,swap the rears left to right????
I want to get away from not using the spare and buying 6 tyres when these 6 are done.Previous owner of the GOE wheels tells me he was getting 100000ks out of the AT3 Coopers with regular rotation at 10K.
Andrew

I don't ask anymore as each has different opinion on rotate. I just figure something better than nothing. I get alignment at tyre power Osborne Park. I'm embarrassed to say my spare is original and has never been used. It is a different diameter. It would do for a quick change in city. I bought a 6th last year with a Cooper of same diameter as D697 for long trips. Never had a flat in 697s.

I just run the tyres on the vehicle until they're ready to change, then the spare goes on the vehicle and a new spare goes on the back.

Have not rotated a tyre on a vehicle in 20 years...

I usually do front to rear and vice versa. I don't move them across to the other side and keep the spare as a spare only. I used to rotate the spare in until I had a delamination incident many years ago when steel belted radials were fairly new. We were on a trip up to Queensland and the left rear blew as I was overtaking a car going around a bend. It was two lanes each way and fortunately I had gotten past the other car and was going back into the left lane. By the time we got down to Queenbean the rest of the tyres all had bumps and I replaced the lot, not willing to risk it. Since then, rightly or wrongly, I haven't been comfortable reversing the direction the tyre rotates which is why the right tyres stay on that side and vice versa. Maybe tyre technology is past this issue but that's my two cents worth.

Martin

Originally Posted by LRD414

So that's about 3.5 years Mike (if still on same set). How many km's & how are they wearing?
I've just past 31,000 and tread depth is 7mm with no issues so far.

Scott

First set got 76,000km when I pulled the whole lot off and fitted a new set of 5 with my new wheels.

They're now doing duty on the Camper and 2 spares sitting in the shed.. All have at least 5mm of tread left.

The new set, have only done 14,000km are worn about 1-2mm and I had my first puncture in 25 years about 4,000km ago (steel spike at 110km/h). The replacement was put on the left rear..

Originally Posted by letherm

I usually do front to rear and vice versa. I don't move them across to the other side and keep the spare as a spare only. I used to rotate the spare in until I had a delamination incident many years ago when steel belted radials were fairly new. We were on a trip up to Queensland and the left rear blew as I was overtaking a car going around a bend. It was two lanes each way and fortunately I had gotten past the other car and was going back into the left lane. By the time we got down to Queenbean the rest of the tyres all had bumps and I replaced the lot, not willing to risk it. Since then, rightly or wrongly, I haven't been comfortable reversing the direction the tyre rotates which is why the right tyres stay on that side and vice versa. Maybe tyre technology is past this issue but that's my two cents worth.



Martin

Agree 100%.