โAug-06-2022 01:57 PM
โAug-07-2022 04:19 PM
Cummins12V98 wrote:
Topic is "How to rotate dually pickup truck tires"
What did you say that helped the OP???
โAug-07-2022 08:29 AM
โAug-07-2022 07:26 AM
time2roll wrote:
I have not rotated tire position in decades. New cars and tires hold alignment so much better and the tires wear flat across the tread with little effort. If there is a wear issue fix the alignment or tire pressure. If the fronts or rears wear faster, replace one axle at a time.
โAug-07-2022 07:24 AM
โAug-07-2022 02:56 AM
โAug-06-2022 09:03 PM
bobbolotune wrote:
The manual for my 2016 Ram 3500 dually shows tire rotation only side to side. Specifically, switch the driver front and the passenger front tires, switch the outer rear tires driver to passenger, and switch the inner rear tires driver to passenger. The picture in the manual showing how to rotate shows no rotation back to front.
The manual really doesnโt explain why not to rotate back to front. It does say the rear tires must be matched for wear. Possibly the concern is that if tires are moved back to front that wear wonโt match.
The manual does explain why it says to keep the inner rear wheels inner and outer rear wheels outer. It is for the Tire Pressure Information System. To quote, "The Tire Pressure Information System uses unique sensors in the inner rear wheels to help identify them from the outer rear wheels, because of this, the inner and outer wheel locations cannot be switched".
With my last tires it turned out that I had an alignment problem (now fixed) that I wasnโt aware of until I noticed that the tires were wearing unevenly. Since I was rotating the front tires only side to side both front tires wore unevenly on the outer edges. By the time I noticed this the tires were unsafe and I had to replace the tires probably 6,000 or 8,000 miles early.
I had to have the tires replaced during a trip. I ended up at a tire shop in a rural area that seemed to have plenty of experience with duallys. He told me to ignore the manual. He said that they rotate back to front all the time. He says they take the best looking tires from the back and put them on the front.
If I had rotated like that it would have stalled the uneven wear that killed my last tires.
I am about to get the new tires rotated for the first time. I have been telling the mechanic to follow the manual. I am now totally unclear what to do. It would seem that only rotating side to side in the same positions really isnโt going to help much because every other rotation the tires end up back in the same location.
It could be what the manual says that if you donโt keep the inner tires inner and outer tires outer it will confuse the Tire Pressure Information System. But really how important is that? It is nice to have the tire pressures in the instrument cluster because I look at the pressures frequently as I drive, much more often than I would find myself checking tire pressure manually. But I donโt care much about location. If a tire is low (something that actually has never happened yet) I can find out which one by checking the tires manually.
Any opinions about the best answer to this question? Only switch side to side as the manual says, or rotate front to back at the tire place service manager said?
Note: I already posted this to the truck camper forum. But I am dropping the truck in for service tomorrow and am still unclear what to do. Please excuse my posting twice. I know you are not supposed to that that but I am still unclear what to do.
โAug-06-2022 09:03 PM
โAug-06-2022 08:37 PM
fj12ryder wrote:Retired JSO wrote:Completely wrong. It may be so for your truck, but don't jump to the conclusion that is so for all dually's. My Ram has the steel wheels and any wheel can be located at any position. YTMV.
You canโt rotate front to rear. The wheels are made for one position either front or rear. I never rotate tires on any vehicle and on my DRW Ford is cost prohibitive since the amount of wear is hardly noticeable. The only way to truly rotate on a DRW truck is to unmount and remount on the appropriate wheel.
โAug-06-2022 08:27 PM
Michelle.S wrote:
If that were really the case that you couldn't move wheels, you would then have to have two spares, one for the front and one for the rear.
โAug-06-2022 06:01 PM
โAug-06-2022 05:34 PM
Retired JSO wrote:Completely wrong. It may be so for your truck, but don't jump to the conclusion that is so for all dually's. My Ram has the steel wheels and any wheel can be located at any position. YTMV.
You canโt rotate front to rear. The wheels are made for one position either front or rear. I never rotate tires on any vehicle and on my DRW Ford is cost prohibitive since the amount of wear is hardly noticeable. The only way to truly rotate on a DRW truck is to unmount and remount on the appropriate wheel.
โAug-06-2022 04:03 PM
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