We are always told to rotate our tires from front to rear in order to maintain even tread depth. I understand that this can be important on AWD vehicles where even tread depth between the two axles is important for proper AWD system operation.
For those of us who drive FWD or RWD vehicles, that isn't a concern. On FWD or RWD vehicles, whenever you replace two tires, it is recommended that you install the new tires in the rear. There's good reason for this, as we all know that it's better to have a loss of traction in the front as you can correct it, whereas on the rear, you'll just slide.
With that mentality, shouldn't you always keep your best tires on the rear axle? If that's the case, why do we rotate our tires from front to rear? Wouldn't it make more sense to just allow the front tires to wear down, then install two new ones in the rear (moving the rears to the front), and repeat this cycle?
Please enlighten me.
Thanks.
For those of us who drive FWD or RWD vehicles, that isn't a concern. On FWD or RWD vehicles, whenever you replace two tires, it is recommended that you install the new tires in the rear. There's good reason for this, as we all know that it's better to have a loss of traction in the front as you can correct it, whereas on the rear, you'll just slide.
With that mentality, shouldn't you always keep your best tires on the rear axle? If that's the case, why do we rotate our tires from front to rear? Wouldn't it make more sense to just allow the front tires to wear down, then install two new ones in the rear (moving the rears to the front), and repeat this cycle?
Please enlighten me.
Thanks.