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  1. 13th December 2020, 08:59 PM #1
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    Question Tyre Rotation Diagonally - What's your Thoughts??

    Guys, I'm curious as to what people do when it comes to rotating their tyres diagonally?


    I bought some new A/T's about 20k ago and usually try to rotate every 5k front to back but always on the same side of the vehicle. This time I decided to rotate Front to back & diagonally just to try and keep an even wear across the tyre (even out any feathering on the edge that happens when turning Right/Left that may have happened)
    Upon doing this I noticed more tyre noise whereas previously there basically has been none when kept on the same side of the vehicle. It's not a huge increase in noise but it got me thinking as to what others do when rotating tyres... do u always rotate your tyres diagonally or do u keep the tyres on the same side of the vehicle?


    Should u get better wear out of your tyres if u rotate them diagonally or doesn't it make a difference?


    Just curious as to what others do with tyre rotation & do u just do Front to Back or Diagonally as well?


    Have u found one method over the other gives u a better outcome in regards to life out of the tyres?
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    My rotation strategy is quite basic and always includes the spare. Can probably be found in the owners manual with a diagram and arrows.

    Spare to RH rear.
    RH rear to RH front.
    RH front to LH rear.
    LH rear to LH front.
    LH front to Spare.

    Did this with my D2 and got very even wear across all 5. Only one diagonal move.

    The new boots on the D3 are just about due for their first rotation.
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    On the Disco2 I note the FL wears most and the RR wears least. When I'm changing between tyre sets I just put them in a stack, and when refitting I just put the tyre with the most tread depth on the FL and the tyre with the least on the RR. The Disco doesnt seem to wear tyre edges at all (Unlike my road car that eats them!) so all I'm really trying to do is get the tyres to wear down at the same rate, and so far so good.
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    I used to do front to rear....and not swap sides.

    Current set are probably have 10-15k,don’t think I’ll bother rotating at all for this set. Mainly because a new set will be going on in 12 months time. Only need another 15k out of them.
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    I don't like changing direction of rotation, therefore I only swap front to t
    rear. With correct pressures, live axles shouldn't wear the shoulders.
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    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    I don't like changing direction of rotation, therefore I only swap front to t
    rear. With correct pressures, live axles shouldn't wear the shoulders.

    Yeah.. I'm mainly curious as to whether u get a longer life out of your tyres by swapping diagonally and when u do swap diagonally, whether the tyre road noise increases...


    I'm of the same opinion with solid front end 4wd's and usually only swap Front to Rear but my last rotation I decided to swap them diagonally as well and I've noticed a increase in tyre road noise since...
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChookD2 View Post
    My rotation strategy is quite basic and always includes the spare.
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    Tyre Rotation Diagonally - What's your Thoughts??

    I don’t rotate mine.

    All measure within 0.5mm on wear. Always have.

    Spare goes on road for the next set of tyres.
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    same here, I never rotate mine.

    tyres develop a wear pattern and settle down , as soon as you change that tyres rolling environment you get wear until the tyre settles into its pattern, hence the noise
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    When I ran Jeep Service rag retreads on my Series III, if I reversed the direction of rotation, there was a huge increase in road nose.

    That tread pattern used to feather a lot on the front tyres.

    I thought I detected a slight difference between the amount of tread left on the Defender tyres a couple of days ago, so I moved them front to rear and vice versa. However on closer inspection as I was doing the job, I am now sure that the difference in wear was negligible. It was a waste of time moving them.

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