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- From: crpresto@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Charlie Preston)
- Subject: Re: What is current wisdom on rotating tires (tyres)?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov05.151457.17361@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 15:14:57 GMT
- References: <1992Nov4.205441.26521@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- Organization: Illinois State University
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- In article <1992Nov4.205441.26521@cbnews.cb.att.com> shahrukh_merchant@att.com writes:
- >I have heard two schools of thought on whether tires should be rotated:
- >
- > 1. Front to Back only, so tires that start out on one side (left or
- > right) always stay there, or:
- > 2. Front to back as well as diagonally, so that a tire ends up in all
- > 4 positions eventually.
- >
- My owners manual recommends #2 every 7k miles. I've tried to keep up with
- it (missed by a couple k miles once). After 48k miles there have been no
- problems, the tires are wearing evenly, and they still have plenty of tread.
-
- Chas
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