Talk:Tire rotation

On Wear

The past author of paragraph three wrote that the front left tire wears faster than other tires in right-hand drive countries. However, http://www.artofmanliness.com/2009/12/08/how-to-rotate-your-car-tires/ claims that the front right wheel wears instead. Although this is not an academic source, the previous author provided no source at all for the majority of what was written(although I do believe most of it to be in the realm of common knowledge), so I think it would be best to redact or rework that portion. Any other thoughts are welcome. Also, the sentence "Depending on the specifics of the vehicle, tire rotation may be recommended every 8,000 km (5,000 mi)" doesn't seem appropriate. It's just too vague, in that the independent clause is too specific to apply to the dependent clause. The subordinate clause implies that it can vary.

Knew a chap who worked in Milton Keynes (UK) with its myriad roundabouts; he used to swap the left and right tyres on his van every couple of weeks as the lefts wore much quicker. Mr Larrington (talk) 23:00, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wear.

I worked for Dunlop Rhodesia from 1960 to 1982 and spent 6 years on tire testing and performance all be it on mainly cross ply tires. Our experience showed the heaviest wear to be on the front off side (left) tire.

Tire Rotation and Warranties

There are several reasons for rotating tires to even out wear, with most of them being for correctable problems, like over/under inflation or improper alignment. But, for most drivers, tire wear doesn't vary significantly between any of the tires. However, failure to rotate tires at prescribed intervals and failure to document and sign such service will invalidate most tread-wear warranties. Thus, it appears that tire rotation is used more as a tool by the tire manufacturers to get out of standing behind tread life claims. For instance, Michelin's warranty will only grant half the tread life when tires cannot be rotated, due to differing front/rear sizes. This infers that all tread wear happens in only one of the two positions a tire might occupy which cannot be true. If you don't rotate when your vehicle allows it, then the warranty is completely voided. If tire rotation had some magical ability to actually decrease wear and extend tire life, then such documentation of compliance would be called for. But since it only evens out wear, a warranty should just be based upon the least worn portion of the tire set and no indications of mechanical problems that would have caused premature wear. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rossta0825 (talk • contribs) 19:37, 7 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]