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Date:         Mon, 17 Apr 2000 19:05:04 -0700
Reply-To:     Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Subject:      Re: Fwd: Re: [Syncro] Rotate the spare??
Comments: To: jbrush@AROS.NET
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John, I've owned a couple of brand new SUVs in the past 10 years. The owners manuals recommended side to side rotation.... all tire shops do side to side. The first time I had ever heard of NON side to side rotation was in my Vanagon Owner's Manual... I asked the tire shop where I bought my MXT's... he looked at me like I was crazy... the owner of the shop... He said that may have been the case 30 years ago or so when radials first came out, but modern tires don't have a problem with it. My mechanic that works on and drives Vanagons says the same thing.

Further, I think NON side to side could be a problem on the Westy since one side is always heavier than the other and will wear differently... Bill -----Original Message----- From: John Brush <jbrush@AROS.NET> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Monday, April 17, 2000 5:46 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: [Syncro] Rotate the spare??

>> I think there is a lot of debate on this. >> The owner's manual shows (p 115 form my 1990) a 4 wheel rotation.. rears to >> front, fronts to rear... and they say "Tires should always remain on the >> same side of the vehicle." > >> Tire shops tell me this is bunk... that it is left over from when radial >> tires were relatively new and reversing their rotation could harm the >> sidewalls. That is not the case nowadays. > > >I have a set of michelin ltx's and they need to be rotated. The wait is >way too long at the place I bought them, so I am doing it myself. I am >really concerned about rotating from one side to the other. In the 'old' >days, I saw the destruction when the belts would come right through the >otherwise okay tread, so I worry a lot about that happening to my babies. > >I called the shop that installed them, and the kid thought I was nuts to >worry about it, so now I am more worried :-) what does he know?? > >Remember the old TV show >"who do you trust?" Well, I ask the same question here. > >For now, its front to back only, but that is not maxing my tread as I >might like. > >Perhaps a show of hands from those how rotate side to side vs front to >back along with the brand of tire? Anyone have their belts bust through >the tread lately? :-) > >Regards from Utah, > >John >81 transporter >


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