Timeline for Why don't we rotate tyres but you rotate tires?
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| Nov 14, 2017 at 18:44 | comment | added | Chris | Good and how do you prevent more wear in the front than the back? Regarding strawman argument: yes, you are focusing on back versus front whilst I am focusing on equilibrium (as I point out in my answer) which is my argument for regular rotation . Instead my answer is being dissected based on my preference for oversteer over understeer, which is different for each driver/experience. Both my vehicles I rotate every couple of months, I use a depth gauge in the center tread and keep my tires within 1mm of each other. I don't just rotate blind. I do not face back v front issue - I rotate. | |
| Nov 14, 2017 at 18:16 | comment | added | cnst | You're having a strawman argument now. Noone said that the rear has to have more thread, just that it should not have more wear than the front. | |
| Nov 14, 2017 at 13:48 | comment | added | Chris | Okay I am always interested in learning. Answer me this one question @ cnst. If your answer makes sense based on "knowing the maths" I'll delete my answer as I do not want to give miss information. The question: If math proves that there should always be more tread on the back than the front, then why arn't cars sold stock from factory, according to spec/math, with more tread on the back? Answer logically ill give you kudos, remove my wrong answer. Cannot answer logically, ill maintain that best configuration is equally good treat on all 4 tires, which requires rotation to maintain <- The pt | |
| Nov 14, 2017 at 1:55 | comment | added | cnst | The point is being missed, indeed. There's a lot of disagreement of whether it's the front or the rear that has to have the best tyres. The consensus amongst the folks that actually know the maths behind the situation, versus the guesswork, is to have the best tyres always on the rear. Anyone who's claiming otherwise is simply doing it through guesswork. | |
| Nov 13, 2017 at 18:21 | comment | added | Chris | I really think the point is being missed... IF you rotate the tires frequently, then the difference in tread wear is so small that there is almost no different between the front and back. IF you leave your tires un-rotated for 2 years the front wears down and becomes dangerous for: under-stear in bad conditions, increased front blow out potential, decreased braking potential. One should not be choosing best in back/front. They should be choosing to have all the tires as equal as possible to all round increased safty - not just the rare blowout condition. | |
| Nov 13, 2017 at 2:17 | comment | added | cnst | "far more dangerous to lose a tire which is part of the steering system" — absolutely wrong! what must one do if you lose a front tire? floor it right off, to regain the control. what would you do if your rear one is gone?! @Harper describes it perfectly above. | |
| Nov 7, 2017 at 22:08 | history | answered | Chris | CC BY-SA 3.0 |