Originally Posted by RayCJ
Originally Posted by jjjxlr8
How often do you rotate your tires? This is critical in preventing the noise and vibration that you describe. Some tread patterns and vehicles are more forgiving than others, but most treaded tires benefit from heal-toe wear reduction by cross-rotation.
Front to back rotation once a year. I know there are cross-rotation patterns but it greatly complicates the process when working with floor jacks.
Ray
To prevent worn noise issues, I try to cross-rotate my tires every 6000 miles. If I wait until 10,000 miles, it's usually too late and I have developed enough heal-toe wear to cause increased tire noise.
Going from front to back on the same side of the vehicle helps reduce irregular wear a little bit, but since the tires are still rolling in the same direction, the heal-toe wear will continue to increase. The tires have to roll in the opposite direction to mitigate the 'saw tooth' like heal-toe wear that will develop even when your vehicle is perfectly aligned. Heal-toe wear is caused by the way the tread blocks exit the footprint.
Originally Posted by jjjxlr8
How often do you rotate your tires? This is critical in preventing the noise and vibration that you describe. Some tread patterns and vehicles are more forgiving than others, but most treaded tires benefit from heal-toe wear reduction by cross-rotation.
Front to back rotation once a year. I know there are cross-rotation patterns but it greatly complicates the process when working with floor jacks.
Ray
To prevent worn noise issues, I try to cross-rotate my tires every 6000 miles. If I wait until 10,000 miles, it's usually too late and I have developed enough heal-toe wear to cause increased tire noise.
Going from front to back on the same side of the vehicle helps reduce irregular wear a little bit, but since the tires are still rolling in the same direction, the heal-toe wear will continue to increase. The tires have to roll in the opposite direction to mitigate the 'saw tooth' like heal-toe wear that will develop even when your vehicle is perfectly aligned. Heal-toe wear is caused by the way the tread blocks exit the footprint.