Date:         Wed, 5 Sep 2012 23:38:10 -0600
Reply-To:     OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Tire rotating -- when?
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                In the case of my Vanagon, I do the bigger on the rear so as to
Lower the RevsPerMinute & RevsPerMile of the Engine&DriveTrain

& the smaller on the front to keep the Speedo&Odo readings accurate ~
I also just like the look of it & can't help but feel that it may be
just

a little bit of help aerodynamically ~ but that is probably
WishfullSpeculation. On my PTCruiser ~ I like the look. On my
DodgeDakota it's both

the look & aerodynamics things again. On my Wifes 2WD EscapeHybrid I
run the same tires on all 4 and when the DriveTire wears down I buy

2 new tires, put them on the rear & move the old rears to the front so
that they will be the next to replaced.

                                                        ORR ~ DeanB


On 5 Sep , 2012, at 11:07 AM, <mcneely4@cox.net> <mcneely4@cox.net>
wrote:

> ---- OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>>                I don't rotate ~ for 2 reasons ~ I don't believe it
>> is necessary &
>> the cars that I drive all have larger tires on the rear
>
> Well, I don't know why you think it is not necessary.  Perhaps it is
> not strictly necessary, in that you won't die because you don't.
> But you'll get more even tire wear if you do.  For most of us, it
> costs nothing, why not do it?
>
> Why do you have larger tires on the rear than on the front?  What
> benefit do you believe you are getting from that?
>
> Thanks, David McNeely
>
>>
>> than they do on the front so I can't as that would mean I would
>> sometimes have larger tires on the front than I do on the rear
>>
>> & that just would not do.
>>
>>                                                        ORR ~ DeanB
>>
>>
>> On 4 Sep , 2012, at 6:03 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>
>>> Could not find this in the Owner's Manual nor in Bentley's. Of
>>> course,
>>> in Bentley's it might have been under "Suspension," but anyways.
>>>
>>> What's the rule o' the thumb about tire rotation?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>>> Bend, Ore.
>
> --
> David McNeely