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Tech 101: Rotating Tires

Posted May 29, 2013 8:00 AM by dstrohl
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Now that winter has turned to spring, it's time to take hobby cars out of storage and rotate wheels and tires, or perhaps time to swap from winter wheels and tires to a set of wheels shod with three-season tires. While the path of least resistance may be taking the car to a local garage or dealership, doing the work yourself delivers a few benefits. Tires can be inspected for wear before a minor alignment issue requires both repair and a new set of rubber, and doing the work yourself ensures that lug bolts are properly tightened via a torque wrench, and not with an impact gun dialed to its highest setting.

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05/29/2013 11:54 AM

Good evening. Here is the news. In a shock disclosure tonight, investigators revealed that practically no-one keeps two sets of tyres/tires in any part of the UK south of Hadrian's Wall.

Apart from PlbMak, that is...

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05/29/2013 8:25 PM

Forget two sets, nobody I know even rotates their own tyres/tires any more.
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05/30/2013 12:00 AM

Lyn,

I guess I am one of the last remaining "Dinosaurs" that still does his own work...and living in Finland you are required by law to run two sets of tires. (Heck, they even let you run studded tires...but it plays hell with the roads!) I have a set of studded winter tires mounted on the factory alloys and a set of summer tires mounted on aftermarket alloys that get changed like clockwork (or when the weather conditions allow).

Popping the wheels off gives you a chance to poke around the brakes, suspension, steering (and it gives you a chance to get a little dirt under your fingernails ).

Can't wait to pop the hood and change that timing belt!!!
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05/30/2013 10:38 AM

I'm too old to do my own car repair any more.

30 years ago, I did it all.

Now, if I even pick up a wrench I get bruises everywhere.
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05/29/2013 10:46 PM

Ha! The picture dates the article, and probably the last time anybody did this....I get the tires rotated for free when I get an oil change anyway....

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05/30/2013 5:06 PM

Like PulpMillGuy, I do my own oil changes and rotate tires (not swaps though) myself because I like to identify problems before I have to call a tow truck. Your (insert favorite oil change place here) is not likely to look for structural issues beyond fluids, tread depth, etc.

And most other automotive repairs that does not require a tire changing machine or a CNC machine. (The missus won't let me buy one. )
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05/30/2013 8:45 AM

I have two sets of wheels/tires for 2 of my 4 vehicles. The winter tires are studded snows and are not allowed between May 1st and October 1st. here in Maine. Since I put so few miles on my vehicles now, rotation is done when the snows are swapped. The other two vehicles get rotated every oil change. The problem I have to watch for is AGE of the tires! My wife's vehicle is driven so little that I've always had to swap her tires to one of the other vehicles every few years before they get too old to use any more!

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