5 tire rotation is no joke!

[NC_Oak]

so I'll add to the "rotate your tires" crew - my rears tend to lose some tread lugs from wheeling at a higher rate than the fronts (still on the GYs). So rotating shares that fun amongst everyone.

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[JSW377]

So, where should you rotate your spare to if it is wearing unevenly?

 

[dejones64]

Dealer oil change and 5-tire rotation, $88. Done.

 

[SeptuagenerianSasquatch]

And then you proceeded to rotate the other 3 tires?

No, silly.
The other four!

I've used this photo to demonstrate a problem with the OEM Goodyears "Territories:" They not only fling rocks, but rocks can get caught, work their way up the tread and puncture the ply. I heard that problem ceases after a while...like 5K?...10K miles? Anyway, it happened to me only on those BLM roads in Utah.

On a serious note: Getting the spare onto the lugs was getting very difficult. I almost had it a few times, using a tire iron as a lifting pry bar, then something...something...the wheel holes just wouldn't "find" the lugs. I was afraid of damaging the threading on the lugs.

Then I tried something different. Using the OEM scissors jack, I micro-adjusted the height of the hub up, down, up a little, down a bit, until they evenly matched the holes on the wheel, and voila! Everything matched, a little wiggling, and all six holes lined up perfectly and on it went.

 

[Jazer]

As someone who has always done my own maintenance on my vehicles, this is one reason my Bronco still gets oil changes (& tire rotations) at the dealer. One wheel/tire weighs almost as much as me.

 

[broadicustomworks]

I never knew the topic of HOW to rotate tires was so polarizing.
I guess it never dawned on me that there were several different iterations of how to perform said task. And that folks were just as divided and insistent that theirs is the best as the "Cola Wars" of the 90's. I still have flashbacks of those dark and troublesome days of yore. Clear Pepsi was the last straw. Lest we forget.

 

[AZ_Liberty]

I've been doing a 5-tire, but honestly I don't know why I bother.

Can't remember the last time I wore out a set of tires rather than replacing them due to sun damage and dry rot.

 

[AZ_Liberty]

So, where should you rotate your spare to if it is wearing unevenly?

Right Rear is your main drive tire. When in doubt, put the tire with the best tread on the right rear.

 

[Iceman62]

Then you find out the new guy used the impact wrench to torque the lugs to either 5 or 500 ft*lb, hah.

That's Ok...I have huge breaker bar in back & also - it's on them (in maintenance records).

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