Tyre rotation

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I had 4 michelin synchrone tyres fitted a while ago , These were my 2nd full set after the original michelin 4x4's were replaced due to age/wear/cracks .

The fronts have approx 6mm & rears have approx 7mm .
My question is can I rotate wheels from front to back to even up the wear or is it to late & I should leave the deeper tread tyres on the back ?

Thanks
 
No don't do it!

you will kill the IRD. Maybe also VCU, I'm not sure, but defo IRD. It's expensive.

Always run tyres with more tread on the back than on the front, it says so in the manual. So when you run the fronts down to 3mm and choose to change them, get the garage to move the rear wheels to the front and put the new tyres on the rear.
 
edit.

As above still keep larger diameter tyres on the rear. Always make sure they're the same make/model/size.
 
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Yer will leave them as they are then , Guess I should have swapped them round when they were more of an equal depth tread .

thanks..
 
Ignore vagrent. He's from newton russ abbot.

EDIT: Am not changing mine over again. Have been taking temp measurements of the VCU for a while now. Int gonna swap me tyrees again.
 
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Hippo said:
Ignore vagrent. He's from newton russ abbot.

You can change over rears with each other. Then change over fronts with each other. That way the same tyres will stay on the rear. Same tyres stay on the front. This will help with even wear across the axle pairs.
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Not if they are rotational :eek:.
 
Hello All,

The Land Rover service info says to swap rears left to right at service intervals. No mention of fronts though so leave them alone.
 
sort of....

Directional
Direction tyres are those that have a tread pattern that is designed to operate best when rotating in one direction. The tyre pattern is usually chevron or arrow shaped with grooves running from the central portion of the tyre to shoulders. Generally acknowledged to be derived from wet racing tyres these directional road tyres have excellent wet weather performance due to their ability to remove water from the road surface.

Directional tyres will usually have either an arrow or other symbol indicating the direction they are designed to run.

Strong point of a directional tyre is its ability to resist aquaplaning. However, due the fairly aggressive tread design they are generally thought to suffer from noise generation than non-directional tyres. Care must be taken to mount the tyre correctly on the rim as performance can be reduced dramatically should the direction be incorrect - spare wheel, if fitted with a directional tyre, has a 50/50 chance of being the wrong direction of rotation when used!

directional.jpg


Typical Directional or Rotational Tyre Pattern
 
The Mad Hat Man said:
sort of....

Directional
Direction tyres are those that have a tread pattern that is designed to operate best when rotating in one direction. The tyre pattern is usually chevron or arrow shaped with grooves running from the central portion of the tyre to shoulders. Generally acknowledged to be derived from wet racing tyres these directional road tyres have excellent wet weather performance due to their ability to remove water from the road surface.

Directional tyres will usually have either an arrow or other symbol indicating the direction they are designed to run.

Strong point of a directional tyre is its ability to resist aquaplaning. However, due the fairly aggressive tread design they are generally thought to suffer from noise generation than non-directional tyres. Care must be taken to mount the tyre correctly on the rim as performance can be reduced dramatically should the direction be incorrect - spare wheel, if fitted with a directional tyre, has a 50/50 chance of being the wrong direction of rotation when used!

directional.jpg


Typical Directional or Rotational Tyre Pattern
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Or this! On a freelander:)
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Lots of folks seem to be overly wary / scared of having any difference between front and rear tread depth.

Or swapping front to rear etc.

There's a lot of things that LR tell us to do, or not to do, that I don't go along with.

I keep swapping my wheels around at roughly 5 - 6K intervals.

That way the tread difference never reaches as much as 1mm.

My tyres are assymetric but not rotational.

Singvogel. :cool:
 
My Michelin Synchrones are not directional so will just swap from left to right , There's no odd wear on any of my 4 tyres just the 1mm differance front to back in tread depth :5bcheers2:
 
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Have been taking temp measurements of me VCU for a while now. I can confirm I int swapping over me tyres again. Tyres have been put back with not many miles done on them since the swap. They is able to fit both ways but I don't care.
 
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I would advise that you go via tyre manufacturers instructions re tyre fitment/ rotation , for a start running radial tyres in opposite rotation will considerably accelerate wear rate as a "set" takes place in tyre once used . Running directionals the wrong way will a. accelerate wear and b. compromise handling and wet weather grip particularly or assys wrong direction after use same as previously mentioned. The freelander as does P38 will benefit from maintaining tyre rolling circumference as near equal as possible (Like Singvogel advocates ) JMHO (15yrs in tyre trade)
 
So you're saying that reversing a tread to even the leading and trailing edge wear will actually do more harm due to factors that occur within a tyre's compound?


And as far as 1mm difference... Do you maintain the EXACT pressure between tyres? As a tyre with less pressure will 'sag' and thus have a smaller diameter than one fully inflated, and much more than the equivalent of 2mm extra diameter surely? Personally I would rotate with only 1mm difference, but I would also ensure I have a healthy less than 70k mile VCU first.

Just my thoughts.. :)
 
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