What does it mean to Rotate your tires?

Question

Don't the tires rotate everytime you drive?

Answer 1

here are a couple of sites you should look at

http://www.goodyeartires.com/faqs/Rotation.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_1866_rotate-tires.html

http://www.leostires.com/rotating.html

Answer 2

No matter how well your car is balanced and aligned, if you leave the same tire on the same axle forever, it eventually gets wear in one spot more than just general all over wear. So, to increase the life of your tires, if you take that tire and more is somewhere else on the car every so often, you tend to get more even wear and longer lasing tires.

There is a science to rotation, and it will depend on if it's 4 tires rotation (most common) or if you want to include your spare (assuming it's full size and not the compact donut type) in the mix. It also makes a difference if you are front wheel or rear wheel drive.

This web site http://www.mistupid.com/automotive/tirerotation.htm will give a visual demonstration of standard rotation.

How often is it done? Check your manual. Most say change the oil and rotate the tires at 5,000 mile intervals.

Answer 3

You can choose to rotate your tires, which helps ensure that the tread wears evenly. Rotation is commonly done from the front to the back, but it can also be done cross-ways - ie the left rear tire would be moved to the right front position. Rotating your tires is an important part of tire care and will help you get the most out of your tires.

Answer 4

Essentially, it's moving your front tires to the back of your car, and vice versa.

Most cars are either front-wheel or rear-wheel drive. The fact that 2 of the tires are used to move the car while the other two are dragged along gives them different wear profiles. Rotation allows the tires to average out their wear, with the end result that they last longer.

Note that some cars are designed to have different types of tires on the front and back, making rotating the tires meaningless.

Answer 5

you are a man and you don't know the answer to this question.. haha how funny!!! ok lets say you have a front wheel drive car. well you will want to rotate your tires occasional b/c the wheels on the front get more use then the back ones. so in order to make your tires last a little longer then it is a good idea to have them rotated. you know the tires you have on the front you switch them with the tires you have on the back...

Answer 6

When tires are rotated, they must also be balanced, every 5k miles or so, but no more than every 5k miles. The back tires should be rotated to the front & the front to the back, not just taking the two front tires & flipping the right one to the left & the left one to the right, for instance, because since your front tires go bald first, you don't want to keep bald tires in the front all the time. The front left should go to the back right, front right to back left, and so on & so forth.

Answer 7

Tires wear differently, the front wear faster than the rear because they steer and the front brakes do more stopping than the rear. This means the front tires wear out faster so rotate tires from front to rear left to right to keep and average amount of tread even on all four tires.

Answer 8

What, are u trying to be funny, or are u really that stupid? To rotate UR tires U need to put the front tires on the back and the right side tires on the left side and vice-versa.

Answer 9

Because it's to keep the wear and tear even on all of the tires, so that you don't have to replace one way in advance of the other, its actually best not only to move the front tires to the rear as suggested, but to move switch the right front with the left rear, and the left front with the right rear. This will address the differing weights on the suspension on the right versus the left, and the front versus the rear. Recommended to do this at every 10,000 miles or sooner for best results.

Answer 10

The reason you rotate your tires is that they wear differently depending on which of the 4 wheel wells they are installed in. By rotating them, you wear different areas of the tire down and therefore extend their life.

Answer 11

To rotate your tires you have to jack up your car and spin the tire. NO I'm just kiddin' ! To rotate your tires you just take the ones from the back and swap them with the ones from the front. It's usually easiest to just do one side ata time ( example: passenger side then driver side) If you have an all wheel or four wheel vehicle it is recommended that you also criss-cross the tires (front driverside tire goes to back passenger, back passenger goes to front passenger, front passenger goes to back driver, back driver goes to front driverside) This helps all of the tires wear evenly and it gets you the longest life out of your tire tread assuming that you all ways check your tire pressure to make sure they are inflated to the manufactures suggested p.s.i. Tires which have either too much p.s.i. or to little will actually cause your tires to wear out quickly as well as take a toll on your gas mileage. Hope this helps :)