Thread: Tyre rotation pattern? Including the spare.

I use this pattern

Thinking out loud, I'm thinking that the steer tyres will wear faster than the drive tyres, given that friction is the mechanism thru which a tyre can make the vehicle steer.

I guess the pattern itself is inconsequential (as long as it moves tyres from lower wear to higher wear wheel locations), with the consistency of said pattern and frequency of changes as the biggest concern?

I figure as long as I rotate around every 8 - 10,000km I'll be fine.

Isn't it important to rotate to opposite side as well as front to back?
I have seen it argued that roads normally slope from the centre out to the edge, meaning the vehicle is on a slight slope and the passenger side tyres are carrying more weight than the driver's side.
It was claimed that meant more wear on the outside tread than the inside tread, so to keep the wear even they had to be swapped to the opposite side as well as front to rear.
Mind you, I've been lazy and haven't done that yet to the Defender.

I work on the principle that the rear of the D2 is heavier than the front, based on weight station weights, and the drivers side is heavier than the passengers side based on how many lean to the DS. From there I replace the least worn DSR and most worn PSF.

The way you are rotating the tyres is probably less important than consistency. I always rotate in a counterclockwise manner, including the spare wheel.

I have 2 spares and so have 6 wheels shod with BFG All Terrain A/T to rotate. Spares to the front - fronts to diagonal rear - rears become spares - repeat every 10,000km. I did the fifth rotation in December 2016. They're plenty chipped and cut up but still have 8mm tread depth in the centre

Lucky you've got the extra tyres. It's a problem I'd klove to have but nowhere for me to store the extra tyre+rim.

I rotated the tyres yesterday.
I have 5 tyres in the rotation.

Rear tyres go to same side front position (ie LHS Rear to LHS Front, RHS Rear to RHS Front)
LHS Front goes to spare positon
Spare is fitted to RHS Rear
RHS Front gets shifted to the rear, diagonally (ie LHS rear position).


This was the recommendation by loneranger, (which also appears to be via the cooper tyre rotation guidelines for AWD and RWD vehicles with a 5 tyre rotation).
https://www.coopertires.com.au/media...es-extract.pdf

I'm not sure if it's a concern that the Rear to front movement means that for 2 rotations the tyre is on the same side of the vehicle? I know for instance, the forklift at work wears out the RHS tyres way faster than the LHS tyres. Apparently people prefer turning one way, given the choice. I guess round abouts might be a similar concern on the bitumen, and more agressive (read tyre wearing) turns may be taken on a LH turn rather than a RH turn.