Rotating tires

[1200mk]

how often am i supposed to do this?

iam at 15k mi and have done it once.

[cam2Xrunner]

Every 5k or every other oil change if you are doing you oil changes every 3k. It's a good idea to get lifetime balancing and alignments and take advantage of it.

[1200mk]

how much does it cost?

[Toysrme]

Depends on where you do it. it can be really cheap. Like when you buy a set a lot of places will do it free forever.

Rotate often(I do it every oil change 5-7500mi) so you can keep the worn tires on the front. It is very dangerous to drive ANY car with the worn tires on the back regardless of the drivetrain it utilizes.

[Your Uncle Moe]

Originally posted by UfoZ8myCow
I do it every other oil change or about 7000 miles. Takes like 20 minutes to put the car on jackstands and do all 4.

You do your own? How? do you have the machine to strip your tires and put them onto the rims again?

Because its impossible to do it properly without one.

[cam2Xrunner]

Originally posted by Gridlyne
You do your own? How? do you have the machine to strip your tires and put them onto the rims again?

Because its impossible to do it properly without one.

huh? You don't have to take the tires off the rim to rotate

[Toysrme]

Crazy people. Why on earth do you want to take a tire off the rim, move it and get to rebalance and adjust it all over again???

[Porkch0p220]

He means rotate the rims to, not just the tires.

Originally posted by Gridlyne
You do your own? How? do you have the machine to strip your tires and put them onto the rims again?

Because its impossible to do it properly without one.

[CraigW]

Do it often, once they cup or scallop you will never get rid of the road noise until they are gone.

I try to not keep them on the same side between rotations.

4-6 k miles for me.

CW

[Ikon]

??????
Its all in the Haynes Manual..Why won't you people go buy one?

Rotating Tires means you're just rotating the wheels from one position to another. No switching of tires on rims or any of that crazy nonsense.

Also, if your tires cup or scallop dude your either:
under-inflating
over-inflating
or your camber is off
Tires DO NOT cup or scallop or wear unevenly under NORMAL driving circumstances.

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[yotacam98]

I do it every oil change (5k), not that it is necessary that often (even though I drive them pretty hard), its just easy to do when you already have the car up on stands. I was told to do the X pattern, unless they are staggered sizes or directional.

[Ikon]

Also, most places will only rotate your tires if you got service done from them or bought tires or rims.

To ensure that it is done the right way take 30mins - 1 hour and do it yourself on a Saturday.

You do not need jack stands though 4 would make it very easy.

1) Take out your spare
2) Start at any corner and remove that tire replace it with the spare and 3 lug it..all 5 if you're anal and afraid you'll scratch the thread
3) Move to the correct position you should be rotating to.
4) Rinse and repeat

Hypothetical Rotating Situation for Non-Directional Tires Front Wheel Drive(Thats a Camry) Vehicle:

1) Start with rear left
2) Jack remove tire and replace with spare
3) Move to front right repeat and replace with tire from rear left
4) Move to rear right repeat and replace with tire from front right
5) Move to front left repeat and replace with tire from rear right
6) Move to rear left remove spare put on tire from front left and you're golden

Nice workout and your tires are rotated
Good time to clean off the insides that are most likely caked with road crap and brake dust

[Your Uncle Moe]

In the manual, it says that you should rotate your tires by taking the front left tire and switching it with the rear right tire. and the front right tire with the rear left tire. In order for you to do that(and keep proper rotation), your supposed to take the wheel off the rim and switch it with the other one. (Formng a X pattern)

Im just stating what the manual says. I dont even rotate tires here in NYC anymore cuz potholes blow them/shred them out before I have a chance to.

Ill let you guys kick that around a lil bit.

[cam2Xrunner]

Thats the old school way of doing it. You are supposed to do it from front to back. By cross rotating them like that you are now making the tires roll in the opposite direction it was going before. By cross rotating them you can cause a tire seperation and/or bad tire wear.

[Your Uncle Moe]

Originally posted by trdcamry2003
Thats the old school way of doing it. You are supposed to do it from front to back. By cross rotating them like that you are now making the tires roll in the opposite direction it was going before. By cross rotating them you can cause a tire seperation and/or bad tire wear.

Thats why I said earlier that if we were to do it the way it says in the manual, you'd have to strip all the tires and switch them to keep them rolling in the right direction.