Tire rotation question????
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Originally Posted by Patches
The benefits to such a heinous act are, IMHO, marginal, at best. 
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Y2Kvert4me had it right....THE TIRES WILL BE OFF THE WHEELS(can't tell you why yet), so I was going to switch the sides the tires were on. They WOULD be still going the same direction as they were. I hope my post wasn't that confusing.
Originally Posted by Y2Kvert4me
He did state he would have the tires off the wheels. You are correct he could not simply switch sides with the wheel/tires without running the tire backwards.
Since the tires are wearing evenly, I'd say there's not much to be gained.
If running excessive camber, causing the inside of the tread to wear sooner, then there would be a nice benefit to this...the outer tread would now become the inner tread and some life could be gained from such a swap.
Also note some directional tires are also side-specific and have a different outer or inner tread pattern as well. BFG KD's are such an example, and they can't even be rotated swapping the tires on the wheels. I don't know if the Nitto's are like this, but it's another consideration.
Since the tires are wearing evenly, I'd say there's not much to be gained.
If running excessive camber, causing the inside of the tread to wear sooner, then there would be a nice benefit to this...the outer tread would now become the inner tread and some life could be gained from such a swap.
Also note some directional tires are also side-specific and have a different outer or inner tread pattern as well. BFG KD's are such an example, and they can't even be rotated swapping the tires on the wheels. I don't know if the Nitto's are like this, but it's another consideration.
