Rotate tires?

[oldjeep]

Re: Rotate tires?

They rotate when you drive, that is good enough

 

[JimS123]

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Here is the owners manual page showing rotation for a 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe. Shows tire rotation changing direction by swapping sides....but what do they know!View attachment 216716

Wow, good detective work. You must have a lot of time on your hands, or you just have to be right.

I don't remember saying I had a Tahoe. Actually, mine is the one with the flux capacitor - its the one that sends the vibes to the rubber and makes the steel belts go 88 mph all the time.

Now, Mr. Phelps, if you agree to take the assignment, check thru all the 2011 Manuals to see which model I really have.....LOL.

 

[bruceb58]

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Wow, good detective work. You must have a lot of time on your hands, or you just have to be right.

Was actually the first manual I found when I Googled it.

I would be interested to hear what other recent GM models say in their Owner's Manuals.

You said you were interested. Just helping you out! :laugh:

 

[rallyart]

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Not to extend this argument an further but it's not actually the direction of rotation where tires can take a 'set' but it is actually the direction of load. Drive wheels spend most of there time loaded by the drive and non drive wheels are loaded by the drag. Hence, on an AWD you would rotate the tires from front to rear and on a 2WD or occasional use 4WD you would rotate the tires diagonally but not front to rear.
Also if you have directional fine siping on a ice tire which is marked in the direction of rotation it works better if the direction of rotation is looked at as load so on a FWD the rear tires should have the tires mounted backwards. This does not apply to summer, rain, or all-season tires as the directional arrow would apply to water extraction which is not affected by load and only direction.
Very high performance tires are more affected by a change in the tire loading than regular tires so for most people none of this is an issue. Also, the same issue used to apply to extreme performance racing tires that were bias ply, as with radials, as they were pre built with a directional 'set'. In any case, none of this applies to a boat trailer tire, bias ply or radial, as they are basically just there to stop the wheel from hitting the ground.

:watermelon:

 

[WIMUSKY]

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I think we need to get back on track. We're talking trailer tires, not car tires......

 

[oldjeep]

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I think we need to get back on track. We're talking trailer tires, not car tires......

OK, so to be on topic - I don't rotate tires no matter what it is on. It has certainly never occurred to me to rotate trailer tires. I'm not recommending this practice, but I like to know if there is odd wear - where it originates from. And since I only buy 2wd road vehicles then tires are replaced in pairs.

 

[limitout]

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OK, so to be on topic - I don't rotate tires no matter what it is on. It has certainly never occurred to me to rotate trailer tires. I'm not recommending this practice, but I like to know if there is odd wear - where it originates from. And since I only buy 2wd road vehicles then tires are replaced in pairs.

I have a 480x12 bias ply tire on my trailer right now with a bald spot yet the rest of the tire and the opposite tire still has half its tread left.

it didn't have an egg or anything so the only conclusion is it developed a hard spot from sitting up too long so as I started using it regularly again and drove on it, the hard spot didn't flex and it wore out faster then the rubber around it.

I don't have pictures but if you took sand paper and sanded the tread off bald in one spot about 3" long and 2" wide and on only half of one side of the tire that's what it looks like.

its not a radial but it shows how you can get uneven wear issues but I don't see it as a reason to rotate tires, its just that sometimes things happen and rotating tires or not rotating tires isn't going to change that IMO.

 

[smokeonthewater]

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a single bald spot is most often caused by a locked brake or a badly out of balance/bent rim condition

 

[limitout]

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a single bald spot is most often caused by a locked brake or a badly out of balance/bent rim condition

true but I ckecked the balance and trueness of the rim and its all fine. this is a single 1500 lb flat axle trailer and its the third tire on this rim and no other tires had issues before this and I never hit anything on the road with it. plus it has that slanted angle on one side of the tread only, as though you leaned the tire at 30 degrees and dragged it sideways until it was bald on the inside edge of the tire then put it back on the trailer.

with only about a 4" wide tread its bald on one side 1.75-2" in from the edges yet the rest of the tread all around it is a good 3/16-1/4" thickness left of the tread. that's why im assuming a petrified hard rubber thing from sitting unused and not moving for so long.