Do you rotate your tires?
04-18-2006, 01:08 AM
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Do you rotate your tires?
I just had my car aligned today and was noticing that the fronts are more worn than the rears. I know this is the norm due to the work the fronts have to do vs. the rears. My tires are the same size all around. They have arrows indicating how they need to rotate when rolling. SO if I rotate them I assume I would simply switch the front to the rear on each side. Will this have any effect on my alignment if I rotate them? 
04-18-2006, 01:12 AM
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Will not effect the alignment, go ahead and rotate them. Save a few bucks on tires.
04-18-2006, 02:58 AM
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Fronts wear faster than the rears? Must be out of aligment.
Now, I know, you think it's the SC's fault, but even before I installed it, just under normal driving the rears wore out far sooner. In front wheel drive cars the rear tires consistently way outlast the front due to the fact that they are driving and steering.
That said, maybe you spend all your time in the twisties, where the fronts do take a beating.
Now, I know, you think it's the SC's fault, but even before I installed it, just under normal driving the rears wore out far sooner. In front wheel drive cars the rear tires consistently way outlast the front due to the fact that they are driving and steering.
That said, maybe you spend all your time in the twisties, where the fronts do take a beating.
04-18-2006, 03:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Bill Ball
In front wheel drive cars the rear tires consistently way outlast the front due to the fact that they are driving and steering.
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04-18-2006, 03:08 AM
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Are you talking about taking the tires off the wheels and rotating?
Unless the older Sharks have the same offsets front and back that's the only way you would want to do it... I think.
Unless the older Sharks have the same offsets front and back that's the only way you would want to do it... I think.
Originally Posted by G Man
I just had my car aligned today and was noticing that the fronts are more worn than the rears. I know this is the norm due to the work the fronts have to do vs. the rears. My tires are the same size all around. They have arrows indicating how they need to rotate when rolling. SO if I rotate them I assume I would simply switch the front to the rear on each side. Will this have any effect on my alignment if I rotate them?
04-18-2006, 03:30 AM
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928s often wear the inside edge of their front tyres so rotating the fronts by removing them and swapping them to the other rim (not just switching the complete tyre and wheel) can prolong their life. This will in theory slightly affect geometry but in practice it should just return it to the correct settings assuming you had the car initially set up with new tyres on full tread.
Fronts can last 10 - 20,000 miles depending on how you drive, rears normally 4 - 7000 (without supercharger!)
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Mark
Fronts can last 10 - 20,000 miles depending on how you drive, rears normally 4 - 7000 (without supercharger!)
Cheers
Mark
04-18-2006, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by FlyingDog
On my first SAAB, the original rear tires became dryrotted at about 4 years/120,000 miles. The fronts had been changed 4 or 5 times in the same 120,000 miles.
4 years!
That's a lot of driving.
04-18-2006, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by FlyingDog
On my first SAAB, the original rear tires became dryrotted at about 4 years/120,000 miles. The fronts had been changed 4 or 5 times in the same 120,000 miles.
04-18-2006, 04:45 PM
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I get great mileage out of my Kuhmos and do not bother rotating them cause their cheap anyway. I try to check alignment often though but it doesn't seem to be much of a headache on this white car I have now. My former 88 needed a closer eye on things.