MyH3hummer
8/6/2006 10:33:06 PM
have anybody rotate the tires yet...in what order ?? how many miles to rotate the tires ?
Dennis
8/6/2006 10:37:56 PM
I leave my Spare out of it...
I rotate all four every 6000 to 7000 miles..Starting with Front to back, Back to front, same side...Next time I'll X them and then back to the front to back again, etc.
MyH3hummer
8/6/2006 11:34:32 PM
just curious why not the spare ??
Golden Shellback
8/7/2006 1:04:30 AM
Check your manual, I rotated all five. And the TPM light will come on, so you have to reset it.
dilo2001gt
8/7/2006 7:59:37 AM
I only thought back to front for truck tires, car tires switch the left front with the right back cross them over
Dennis
8/7/2006 9:32:53 AM
quote:
ORIGINAL: MyH3hummer
just curious why not the spare ??
Because it has 6000 to 7000 less miles than the others and it will dominate the steering and ride..So leave it alone and always have a good spare with full life..Besides it helps with resale too ....But this is just me
As a note;; with modern radial ply tires, you can rotate anyway you want..unless you have those high dollar directional tires that come on Vettes.
OUTLAW
8/7/2006 10:29:30 AM
Just did mine Saturday, rear to front, lf to rr, rf to lr. Left out the spare, I'll keep that new for when I trade in for new Hummer in 09
SedonaBoundH3
8/8/2006 7:37:39 PM
I've always been told that radials should only be swapped F to R because they take a directional "set" that will cause wear and handling problems if the rotation gets reversed. Swapping side-to-side is only OK for bias ply tires (Are they still made?). Seems to me thats the way tire shops do it. I'm also rotating the spare into use since its only going to deteriorate to uselessness hanging on the tailgate for years.
Linus Gump
8/8/2006 10:30:38 PM
quote:
ORIGINAL: Dennis
quote:
ORIGINAL: MyH3hummer
just curious why not the spare ??
Because it has 6000 to 7000 less miles than the others and it will dominate the steering and ride..So leave it alone and always have a good spare with full life..Besides it helps with resale too ....But this is just me
As a note;; with modern radial ply tires, you can rotate anyway you want..unless you have those high dollar directional tires that come on Vettes.
So what happens when you have a blowout, or a sidewall puncture at, say, 30,000 miles and the reamining tires are still good? Do you buy 4 new tire so they all have the same wear, or do you just put on the new one and deal with the strearing variation? Not all tire shops have the ability to grind off the rubber to match the existing tread wear on the other tires.
I try to rotate all 5 through using a cross pattern for the fronts to the rear, and the rears coming strait forward. The spare goes on the RR position, and the LF goes into the spare position.
Linus Gump
8/8/2006 10:33:40 PM
Bias tires are still available, but for the most part, street bound vehicles will mostly have radials. If you look in the off road magazines, you will see bias tires that have very aggressive treads that are DOT legal, but they generally have no tread life on hard surfaces.
Dennis
8/8/2006 11:54:52 PM
quote:
ORIGINAL: Linus Gump
quote:
ORIGINAL: Dennis
quote:
ORIGINAL: MyH3hummer
just curious why not the spare ??
Because it has 6000 to 7000 less miles than the others and it will dominate the steering and ride..So leave it alone and always have a good spare with full life..Besides it helps with resale too ....But this is just me
As a note;; with modern radial ply tires, you can rotate anyway you want..unless you have those high dollar directional tires that come on Vettes.
So what happens when you have a blowout, or a sidewall puncture at, say, 30,000 miles and the reamining tires are still good? Do you buy 4 new tire so they all have the same wear, or do you just put on the new one and deal with the strearing variation?
You know what?..That is a good question...I'm banking I don't have a total tire failure (my glass is half full)..Keep them babies pumped to 40psi to reduce
heat and friction wear for one thing..But knowing how I am..I just might invest in 4 new tires if the other three have less than half life left..Otherwise, I would put the spare and a new tire on the road on the same axle and put a used one on the spare mount...that way at least the tire wear patteren on that axle is symetrical and then start rotating front to back only...in any case, I'll deal with that situation in the best way, as it presents itself...
