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Gal Dove



Member Since: 22 Jan 2022
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Wales 2014 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 USW Corris Grey
On checking all four tyres, they all have the same manufacture date of 1314 - so roughly April 2014.

The car never does any motorway work and is only used locally at nothing exceeding 40mph speed limits - which are probably going to be reduced to 20mph in the not too distant future here in Wales, isn't it?! Wink

But I intend to take it to my local tyre guy who I've know for years for him to cast his eye over. Let's face it, it would be a minor miracle if someone who sells tyres for a living DOESN'T tell me that I should change them! Laughing

If he does confirm the they're all safe however, then I'll get him to swap the direction on all four so that the road roar is reduced - if only temporally.

Thanks again to all. Thumbs Up
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blackwolf



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Bear in mind that the road noise is mainly due to the uneven wear, and the tyres will still be unevenly worn when reversed. It will take quite some time for the uneven to reduce due to further wear, so don't expect instant improvements.

Ideally the periodic swapping around of tyres should take place before they are significantly and unevenly worn.
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LR90XS2011



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I chased this type of noise, was just about to press go on a new transfer box and replaced the wheels and tyres. hey presto noise gone. DEFENDER 90 TDCI XS,

I hope everyone is well and your land rovers make you happy
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Gal Dove



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Yes, the noise is very reminiscent of a dodgy wheel bearing - or worse, but I'm relieved to be able to actually see that the tyres are arguably causing the noise. The car is pretty much stock and I'm thinking that I'd like to keep it that way - so it'll probably be another set of Conti's if it comes to it.
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HardCharger



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blackwolf wrote:
Bear in mind that the road noise is mainly due to the uneven wear, and the tyres will still be unevenly worn when reversed. It will take quite some time for the uneven to reduce due to further wear, so don't expect instant improvements.

Ideally the periodic swapping around of tyres should take place before they are significantly and unevenly worn.


How often should this be done? I remember that I planned to do rotate every 10,000 kms but found that discrepancy between fronts and rears to be too great to rotate. Then I tried 5,000 kms and had the same result but the discrepancy wasn't that great anymore. Does this mean I have to try 2,500 kms now?

Next questions are, what pattern do we use to rotate and do we include the spare?
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LR90XS2011



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due to this problem with my original tyres I rotate mine including the spare at my annual service which for me is about 4k miles, I do this with the service as it is a good reminder for me, I guess if you were doing big mileages a more frequent regime may be beneficial.

I include my spare as my mileages are low and my old tyres had good tread after 40k miles and were only changed due to a wheel upgrade, also I like 5 matching tyres and I'm expecting these to last another 10+ years at which point I should probably be changing them anyway due to degradation DEFENDER 90 TDCI XS,

I hope everyone is well and your land rovers make you happy
Post #1004161 15th Aug 2023 5:12am
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blackwolf



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How often depends on how quickly the tyre rear. On my 110 the front and rear tyres wear at the same rate so I tend just to do FNS <> ROS and FOS <> RNS.
Post #1004175 15th Aug 2023 7:43am
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Gal Dove



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blackwolf - thanks, yes that's my plan. Thumbs Up
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MatLandy



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Good article from Cooper on the topic of rotating tyres here: https://www.coopertires.com.au/tyres-expla...our-tyres/

Although I personally don’t bother as never needed to rotate mine… Laughing

/Mat
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