Re: [DML] Tire Rotation

[Soma576@xxxx]

In a message dated 10/20/2003 11:02:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jtrealty@xxxx writes:

> On most
> cars I do a front to back switch and that makes a difference,
> spreading the wear out. The front tires seem to wear faster on the
> edges due to cornering/turning so getting them on the back makes the
> entire set wear more evenly. Since this is impossible on 
> the Delorean
> I guess the fronts will wear out sooner than the back tires.
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757


List,

where i work (general manager of a Jiffy Lube), we only rotate front to back, not left to right. some customers seem to think that is the way to do it, but if you look in the owner's manuals, you will see that front to back is actually preferred while LF to RR and RF to LR is sometimes ok too.

my car's tires are always properly aired but it seems like my rears are wearing MUCH faster (AVS's). in fact, i bet next fall i will need new tires again (they have about 10K miles on them right now. the fronts look like pretty much brand new but the rears are worn, especially in the middle where you would expect an overinflated tire to wear hard. i usually have my rear tires set at the rec. pressure (don't recall exactly what that is right now) either normal or highway driving. i have no idea why they are wearing like this. my car is lowered but i don't see it being a camber problem.

as far as i am concerned, rotating the tires is not something to do on this car. just make sure you check the balance every 10K or so miles.

Andy