My friend and i got into an argument about rotating tires. I say rotating tires means to drive the vehicle around, then the tires are rotated. She says to take them off and turn the around and then put them back on. WHo is right?
2006-10-18 13:15:56 · 26 answers · asked by sparky_butt 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
ok oyu dont know that much about veh. then, it depends if its a 4 whl dr. but just take it to you local dealership wherever you bought it and tell them you need to get your tires rotated. if you do it byyourself youll need atleast 2 jack stands and basically take 1 tire off the front and 1 off the rear and the one that was on front put it on the rear and vice versa do that for both sides, its easy but takes a little time about an hour or so.
2006-10-18 13:19:48 · answer #1 · answered by someone_you_wish_you_knew 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rotating the tires is very important for 4wd vehicles but I personally don't think it needs to be done to FWD or RWD due to the requirement to purchase a full set of 4 when it's time to change them. NOW, it is suggested that every 20K your tires be rotated....meaning that you take a front tire and move it catycornered to the rear. Move that rear tire straight across. Take the next rear tire and move it catycorner to the front. Then take that front tire and move it straight across. Then your done. On a FWD car, the rear tires wear VERY slowly. I do not replace rear tires on my FWD. I only replace the front and never rotate them. The front require replacing every 50K. My rear tires have over 100K on my subaru and still have almost all of the tread. Hope this helps. Good luck.
2006-10-18 13:24:47 · answer #2 · answered by jeff s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to rotate tires you have to change there placement on the vehicle.
The Fronts go straight back and the Back Left or Rear Driverside Tire goes on the Front Passenger side and the Rear Passenger Tire Goes onto the Front Driver's side.
PS if you just turn them around (180 degrees) good luck getting them back on.
2006-10-18 13:21:59 · answer #3 · answered by Jeremy D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, you take them to the shop and they switch the front and rear tires (front to rear-rear to front) Tire rotation is good for your car because you usually lose tread on the front two tires first, which also happen to be the most important tires on the car (especially true if you have front wheel drive). This way, the better tires are moved to the front.
2006-10-18 13:26:14 · answer #4 · answered by prettytiger23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rotating your tires means that they take off your tires and replace the front tires with the back tires and back tires with the front ones.
2006-10-18 13:18:39 · answer #5 · answered by RockerChick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means to take the tires that are already on the car and move them into different positions. For example the left rear tire is moved to the right front (of the car) so that they will wear evenly, during the course of normal driving.
2006-10-18 13:19:48 · answer #6 · answered by luckybluebunny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither of you are right.
Rotating the tires means that you take all the tires off and move them to a new position on the car. In other words, the drivers side front wheel might be moved to drivers side rear, etc.
The purpose is to even out the wear on the tires. It adds a long time to your tire life.
FP
2006-10-18 13:18:35 · answer #7 · answered by F. Perdurabo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rotating tires means taking the front ones and putting them on the back and vice versa
2006-10-18 13:33:06 · answer #8 · answered by sneaky01p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are both wrong, however she is more right due to the fact that you have to take the tires off and put the front ones on the back and the back on the front...
2006-10-18 13:19:20 · answer #9 · answered by Mellisa C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're making a joke book or something right. C'mon, everyone knows what rotating tires is.!
2006-10-18 13:24:17 · answer #10 · answered by tallis003 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋