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  1. 15th November 2005, 08:21 AM #1
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    Tyre Rotation

    I rotated them for the first time after doing the Simpson Desert, they have travelled about 15 000km since fitting. I swapped the fronts with the rears as I don't have a spare BFG AT.

    Is this the best or should one swap them diagonally ie front passenger to rear driver and rear passenger to front driver. I didn't do this as I tought it would be best to keep the tryes rotation in the same direction.
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  2. 15th November 2005, 09:52 AM #2
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    was posted by someone a while back, here u go....

    http://www.michelinman.com/care/tip2.html
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  3. 15th November 2005, 09:58 AM #3
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    Thanks for the link, looks like its a bit each way. Pending further replies I might swap the rears on the weekend.
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  4. 15th November 2005, 01:58 PM #4
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    and just to muddy the waters further...... :wink:

    I swap the tyres side to side, but with the same rotation of direction. ie. remove and refit to the rims on the opposing side.
    It's the only way I've found to maximise the milage on my MT's.
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  5. 15th November 2005, 02:54 PM #5
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    will consider as I have access to a tyre changing machine.
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  6. 15th November 2005, 04:52 PM #6
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    I was always under the impresion that you didnt change rotation direction as the belts had bedded into one direction and reversing this would shorted the life of the casing, but that was a long time ago and may have only applied to older technology designed tyres.

    Seemed to make sense to my small brain at the time and sort of stuck in my head since :roll:
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  7. 15th November 2005, 04:59 PM #7
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    Without using the spare,

    left front to right rear
    right rear to right front
    right front to left rear
    left rear to left front

    Trev.
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  8. 15th November 2005, 06:08 PM #8
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    Depends on which hemisphere you're in. Clockwise, north. Counterclockwise, south. Trouble at the equator.

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    Hey Weeds , trues story in 1986 I was instructing on a Drivers cse at 16AD regt in SA.
    when on the old mkV truck had one student GNR Tierny i(f your out here )rotate the wheels...He actualy did everything right until he removed the first wheel..what he did next once the wheel was off was rotate the wheel to match the stud pattern then put i back on.... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]
    Being the prik I am I watched him do the l;ot than told him the fault and made him do it again.... :wink:
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  10. 16th November 2005, 07:21 AM #10
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    Hey weeds, I was going to rotate the tyres, and Bill told me to see how it goes. He doesn't do it at all. 4wd I guess [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]
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