Tire Rotation Not Needed?
Took my 2015 Silverado 2500 to the Chevy dealer for a regular oil and filter change, and tire rotation. The service writer told me the tires did not need to be rotated because the tires with the most ...
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Quote JRscooby:
I inspect my tires, and put them back where I got them. If a tire is wearing unusually I go to truck and find out why. If you just rotate, and something is causing a tire to where, it will wear all the tires. And likely you will not see the problem as soon.
When I was young, I wore rear tires faster. Now, the front wears a little faster than rear. When I need to replace tires, I buy 2 at a time. If I had 4X4 I would act different.
Tires just work differently in different positions. If your tires are wearing perfectly flat across the tread without any rotation, they must be some pretty amazing truck tires. I suppose it's possible with a rib tire or something, but it's certainly not likely.
I agree with you JRscooby, although I doubt anyone else will. Radial belted tires like to stay where they are first installed and broke in. 2nd, If a vehicle has an alignment or some other type of wear problem, fix the problem, don't just rotate the tires around thinking everything is fine.
I inspect my tires, and put them back where I got them. If a tire is wearing unusually I go to truck and find out why. If you just rotate, and something is causing a tire to where, it will wear all the tires. And likely you will not see the problem as soon.
When I was young, I wore rear tires faster. Now, the front wears a little faster than rear. When I need to replace tires, I buy 2 at a time. If I had 4X4 I would act different.
Tires just work differently in different positions. If your tires are wearing perfectly flat across the tread without any rotation, they must be some pretty amazing truck tires. I suppose it's possible with a rib tire or something, but it's certainly not likely.
I agree with you JRscooby, although I doubt anyone else will. Radial belted tires like to stay where they are first installed and broke in. 2nd, If a vehicle has an alignment or some other type of wear problem, fix the problem, don't just rotate the tires around thinking everything is fine.
