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| Birdy Member Since: 07 Oct 2011 Location: Côte d'Azur Posts: 865   
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Roddy plus one. for every vehicle I've ever owned and ever will (until I finally get my hands on a 993) other than that I don't buy five new 'uns, just the four and keep the best of the oldies as a spare.
The only argument against rotation is uneven wear across the tread blah blah blah, but if you notice that you should in any case identify the cause and correct it. Peter |
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5th Nov 2017 12:42pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17367  
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Not the case with mud tyres. These will always wear unevenly if used on the road and must be rotated so that the direction is reversed if you want to even up wear.
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5th Nov 2017 1:03pm |
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| ibexman Member Since: 13 Dec 2008 Location: Essex Posts: 2945
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You have all got too much time on your hands 🙄🙄
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5th Nov 2017 1:06pm |
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| Gonarezhou Member Since: 08 Mar 2015 Location: White River Posts: 178  
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The conditions you drive in have a huge influence in this. I tend to rotate and balance every 10 000 km I then rotate balance and align every 20 000km. Where I drive the tyres are subject to varied road conditions potholes, gravel / off-road. The vehicle will be subject to various load conditions etc. The posters here that think tyre rotation is not really necessary probably do not drive in the sort of conditions I face. In my situation careful monitoring of tyre pressure, rotation and balancing can double tyre life!
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5th Nov 2017 1:15pm |
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| Gonarezhou Member Since: 08 Mar 2015 Location: White River Posts: 178
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Yes this is correct  |
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5th Nov 2017 1:21pm |
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| ibexman Member Since: 13 Dec 2008 Location: Essex Posts: 2945
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I don't have the time to worry about tyre rotation there are more important thins to deal with I think its really sad 😭 |
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5th Nov 2017 1:57pm |
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| Screbble Member Since: 26 Apr 2015 Location: Lancashire Posts: 2098 
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I mentioned this thread to my wife....
She simply responded by telling me that the tyres rotate themselves when you are moving 
It wasn't worth continuing with the conversation  |
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5th Nov 2017 8:55pm |
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| John P Member Since: 26 Dec 2013 Location: West Sussex Posts: 316 
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Yes I do my D3 and the wife’s Defender the same, every 6000 miles. |
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5th Nov 2017 9:10pm |
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| Gonarezhou Member Since: 08 Mar 2015 Location: White River Posts: 178
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5th Nov 2017 11:25pm |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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I'm sure that I read on a Land Rover service sheet "Do not rotate wheels and tyres" and I think it's in the hand book as well.
The advice I was given from the Independent I use and the tyre place was to swap front and rears, near side front to near side rear and the same for off side to even the wear as the front tend to wear the edges due to the steering effect. This effect is even more pronounced if towing. The tyre place charge £5.00 for the whole job and the Indy do it for me on services as they have the wheels off any way. Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
Richard |
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6th Nov 2017 9:17am |
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| Birdy Member Since: 07 Oct 2011 Location: Côte d'Azur Posts: 865
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I don't have the time to worry about tyre rotation there are more important thins to deal with I think its really sad 😭
I agree, tyre care and inspection is MUCH less important than things like Nakatanenga bling and whether or not my LED interior lamps match the ones on my bumper... Peter |
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6th Nov 2017 6:23pm |
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| WilkoW Member Since: 09 Jun 2013 Location: Northants Posts: 84 
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So, I’m a bit thick and have just followed this method but cannot work out why this particular method is better than just swapping front to back; other than utilising the spare? Roody’s method as above... |
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16th Feb 2019 2:44pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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If you swap front to back and side to side, each tyre has it's direction reversed, which helps to even out the wear. Including the spare in the mix is just to use the spare. Otherwise, you end up with four worn tyres and one brand new but old one. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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16th Feb 2019 4:21pm |
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| miker Member Since: 13 Sep 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 1763 
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I do front left to back right and front right to back left.
Keeps the wear even, the fronts do wear faster. Then when I come to replace them I can replace a whole, evenly worn, set! On all my 2wd cars I just replace the fronts, put the backs on the front and the new ones on the back. |
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16th Feb 2019 7:14pm |
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