We took our Dodge dually to Discount Tire to have the tires rotated. The wheels have extended valve stems bought from Chuck the Tire Man (and installed by Discount Tire). So the tires must be rotated from wheel to wheel while the valves stay in place. The last time we took the Dodge in for tire rotation, the same Discount Tire place accomplished this, apparently with no problem. This time we were told that the rotation could not be done: the wheels would not fit on their machine because the extended valves are in the way. No amount of discussion led to finding a way around this supposed roadblock.I tried to contact Chuck the Tire Man for suggestions. But he has apparently gone out of business. None of the phone numbers or the email address on his website work.Suggestions?

Maybe this Discount Tire got a new machine that's a different design, and the extended valve stems are now in the way.You probably have "free rotation for life" from Discount Tire, right? Don't want to pay for rotation, right? Ok, so don't rotate the tires.Your only other choice is to find a place that has a machine that can work around the valve stems and pay them to do the rotation.

Picture?I ordered my new F350 with aluminium wheels, only to find that Ford polished only outside of the rims, while full size spare is painted. So rotation is out of the question, unless side to side only.

I only rotate left to right rather mount and dismount tires due to the different rim and valve stem types.

I'm missing something. Just rotate left to right. If you just have to bust the tires off the wheels, why can't they remove the valves to switch tires? Obviously they don't want to mess with it.Try a different DT location before you give up.

If you go the just swapping the rears, remember that directional tires are swapped different from the non-directional tires.Click For Full-Size Image.I solved the same issue by installing the same straight metal valve stems on all wheels, and then used Milton Industries, air through, screw on 1-1/4 inch, valve extensions on just the rears. Easy to transfer from wheel to wheel.Easy to air up with a Milton S-693-12 1/4" FNPT Extended Reach Dual Head Air Chuck (available on amazon)Click For Full-Size Image.If you like the 135 degree curved valve stem, amazon has them as a screw on extension version to a standard valve stem. Search =milton industries valve extension to see others.

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mkirsch
Nomad II
Oct 16, 2018
Maybe this Discount Tire got a new machine that's a different design, and the extended valve stems are now in the way.

You probably have "free rotation for life" from Discount Tire, right? Don't want to pay for rotation, right? Ok, so don't rotate the tires.

Your only other choice is to find a place that has a machine that can work around the valve stems and pay them to do the rotation.
Kayteg1
Explorer II
Oct 16, 2018
Picture?
I ordered my new F350 with aluminium wheels, only to find that Ford polished only outside of the rims, while full size spare is painted.
So rotation is out of the question, unless side to side only.
Bedlam
Moderator
Oct 16, 2018
I only rotate left to right rather mount and dismount tires due to the different rim and valve stem types.
TxGearhead
Explorer II
Oct 16, 2018
I'm missing something. Just rotate left to right. If you just have to bust the tires off the wheels, why can't they remove the valves to switch tires?
Obviously they don't want to mess with it.
Try a different DT location before you give up.
bb_94401
Explorer
Oct 17, 2018
If you go the just swapping the rears, remember that directional tires are swapped different from the non-directional tires.

Click For Full-Size Image.

I solved the same issue by installing the same straight metal valve stems on all wheels, and then used Milton Industries, air through, screw on 1-1/4 inch, valve extensions on just the rears. Easy to transfer from wheel to wheel.

Easy to air up with a Milton S-693-12 1/4" FNPT Extended Reach Dual Head Air Chuck (available on amazon)

Click For Full-Size Image.

If you like the 135 degree curved valve stem, amazon has them as a screw on extension version to a standard valve stem. Search =
milton industries valve extension to see others.
mkirsch
Nomad II
Oct 17, 2018
If you only have four aluminum rims, and steel rims for the inner duals, you need to dismount the tires to rotate them.

You also need to dismount the tires if they are directional.

Yes, good excuses to either have six fancy rims, or no fancy rims, and to not buy directional tires...
BradW
Explorer II
Oct 17, 2018
mkirsch wrote:
If you only have four aluminum rims, and steel rims for the inner duals, you need to dismount the tires to rotate them.

Yep, that what I found out on our 2006 F350 DRW. I ended up just rotating them side to side. Not what I wanted to do.

The other problem was the steel wheels had 4 holes in the wheel and the aluminum wheels had 5. This meant they would only go together one way where the valve stems were accessible. So I couldn't "clock" them to reduce vibration.

Me thinks our 2018 F350 is the same way. Thank you Ford. :(

Bradw
Kayteg1
Explorer II
Oct 17, 2018
I don't care about rotating that much, but hate to let expensive spare tire to age becouse it is on painted rim.
At this point I am considering purchase of additional aluminium rim just for that.
BradW
Explorer II
Oct 17, 2018
When we traded our last drw, the spare was 12 years old. I had to use it to drive from memphis to amarillo. I didn't care for that too much.
Budster
Explorer
Oct 18, 2018
hedgehopper wrote:

I tried to contact Chuck the Tire Man for suggestions. But he has apparently gone out of business. None of the phone numbers or the email address on his website work.

Suggestions?

Sadly Chuck 'The Tireman' has passed way a while back

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