BustedJack

Guys,
Got a question for you. I lost my manual so I'm not sure exactly what method I need to rotate my tires. When you guys rotate your tires, do you

A) Rotate front tires to back directly?
B) Diagnally crossed? (front left to rear right and front right to rear left)?


thanks

SouthernBoy

Depends upon the tires. If they're directional you must rotate on the same side, front to rear. Otherwise you can do either.

Ron A

The owner's manual says, for non-directional tires, to put the front tires in the rear, and the rear tires diagonally opposite, like left rear to right front. Doing it this way each time insures that after four rotations the tires will have been in all positions and back where they started.

subinf

Like everyone else said, depends on the tires

BustedJack

I see, thanks Ron
I have Proxi4 all season tires

SouthernBoy

For non-directional tires, this is generally considered to be the preferred method of rotation. I should clarify my statement of either way being acceptable for these tires. My stand was that very little additional wear is going to be realized by cross-rotation so it really comes down to a matter of personal choice.

I should have stated this in my previous post.

Ron A

The main consideration for not rotating front to back instead of diagonally would be the conditions under which you drive. If you drive on highly crowned roads or make a considerably greater number of turns in one direction than the other, among other factors, then you would see more wear with just front to rear rotation, and the two tires rotated diagonally would yield much more even tire wear.

dezzzmond

I have the Proxy 4s too. I did a Front to Rear rotation.