Changing Wheels from Rear to Front

[Ogata]

I just got back from my annual service and my service rep states the wheels were with more tread were changed. I JUST bought new tires and they state they found the ones with more tread at the front and ones with less tread at the back. Is this BS or is this normally done? How do I know? I had curb rash on one of my rims (:flaming:complain:flaming:complain). It use to be on the rear driver side and now it was put on the front driver's side. Should I be weary? The service rep states after 20k, the tread previously would be gone.

[condor888000]

That's a tire rotation. Should be done regularly.

How new are the tires?

[fini]

as long as you didn't pay extra for it, who cares?!

just do what they tell you and if something goes wrong, blame it on them :)

[Ogata]

That's a tire rotation. Should be done regularly.

How new are the tires?

I just got them last month.


as long as you didn't pay extra for it, who cares?!

just do what they tell you and if something goes wrong, blame it on them :)

Funny you say that...the fine print when they ask you to sign is a waiver form and under the fine print, it states that they would not hold any responsibility of damages...i went ???? when I saw that clause.

[condor888000]

Time doesn't matter. How many KM on the tires? Have you checked to see how much tread you have on the tires?

[Ogata]

Time doesn't matter. How many KM on the tires? Have you checked to see how much tread you have on the tires?

:blush someone needs to fart on me..so THATS tire rotation..I thought it had to do with spinning the wheel on the machine...gahhh about 2-3k

[fini]

I just got them last month.



Funny you say that...the fine print when they ask you to sign is a waiver form and under the fine print, it states that they would not hold any responsibility of damages...i went ???? when I saw that clause.

wow... i guess when they go that far to avoid any kind of responsibility and liability, then not much you can do.

but rotating tires won't hurt you if they are new. if you ever bring it to service and they ask you. just say no. you can always do that stuff yourself. save $$$!!

[condor888000]

:blush someone needs to fart on me..so THATS tire rotation..I thought it had to do with spinning the wheel on the machine...gahhh about 2-3k

No, that's balancing the wheel.

Honestly, a rotation won't harm anything. But if there is a noticeable difference between F/R tread after 2-3K I'd be concerned about your alignment. Tires should be wearing evenly on a stock alignment.

[SonicBoy]

Wait a second, you say that the front had more tread than the back?

Our cars are front wheel drive and it should have been the other way around.

Did they mention anything about feather edging or camber wear? That's the only reason I could think that the rears had less tread than the fronts.

If they were fairly new with little mileage, I think they just wanted to make an extra buck doing the rotation. Hopefully they asked you upfront about doing the work first.

Not to worry about mixing up a tire rotation from a ballancing. Actually the two should be done but are seperate jobs/cost. Surprised they didn't ding you for that too.:chuckle

[Noisy Crow]

Bottom line:

You should have the tires with the most tread on the front wheels, as the front tires will wear more quickly than the rear. Depending on the tire you should also swap them side-to-side to even out wear caused by differences between the two sides of the car. (You can not swap side-side if you have directional tires, at least without unmounting the tires from the rims so they can be turned around).

[Ogata]

Wait a second, you say that the front had more tread than the back?

Our cars are front wheel drive and it should have been the other way around.

Did they mention anything about feather edging or camber wear? That's the only reason I could think that the rears had less tread than the fronts.

If they were fairly new with little mileage, I think they just wanted to make an extra buck doing the rotation. Hopefully they asked you upfront about doing the work first.

Not to worry about mixing up a tire rotation from a ballancing. Actually the two should be done but are seperate jobs/cost. Surprised they didn't ding you for that too.:chuckle

Luckily it was included in my annual service at no extra cost so I was just wondering =) They told me they swapped the ones in the rear to the front though I'm not entirely sure if they did and no they did not mention anything about wear.

[Olestra]

A local tire tech told me that swapping side to side can give you vibrations in your steering wheel.
I don't know if this is true but I always just go front to back.

My treadwear is nice and even on both summer and winter tires.