PaulMidi Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 How often should the tires be rotated? and what tire goes where? I mean does the front drivers side tire go to the rear passenger tire and vise versa? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 front to rear same side. If you have a full sized spare add that to the mix of one side. i usually do it once in the fall and once in the spring, but nmow that im driving less then 10,000 miles a year i just do it in the fall. nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOthis Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 ive heard before that people do it every other oil change (6k-8k miles).... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 ive heard before that people do it every other oil change (6k-8k miles).... Thats close to what i do. nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OB99W Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 How often should the tires be rotated? and what tire goes where?[...]Radial tire belt separation used to be a problem, and it was suggested that you not reverse the direction of rotation once the tires were in service for any significant time. What Nipper said was the "norm", and I still like to stick with that approach. Most wear differences occur front versus rear (not so much side to side, unless there are alignment problems), so front/back rotation evens out the majority of the problem. However, unless the tires are "directional", it's considered acceptable to cross-rotate current-production tires. See http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=43 and decide for yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasy Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 I often wonder why Subaru and Toyota both recommend rotating front/rear, but not left/right. Their factory tires are not directional for my 96 OBW and 2004 Camry. Trying to achieve more even wear, I always cross-rotate every 5000 - 7500 miles. This also includes my 90 Nissan Maxima. Never had any problems with my non-directional tires. I just bought a 2009 Camry and will need to make a decision in about 5 months. Anyone has additional comments about whether we can/should cross-rotate non-directional tires? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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