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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 07:37 PM
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Do I have to rotate the tires?

Hi. I have a Turbo 01, do I have to rotate the tire every 3000 miles?

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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 07:40 PM
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 08:20 PM
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So I don't need to rotate the tires?
 
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what sizes and what brand are your tires?
 
Old Jan 29, 2005 | 11:39 PM
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If you track the car and mostly going one direction (e.g. clockwise), you should consider switching the inside tires with the outside ones.
 
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Hi. Just stock rims and tires.
 
Old Jan 30, 2005 | 10:30 AM
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If you mean swapping wheel sides, not it can't help. If we
ran the same wheels front and back, maybe you could save
a bit if the rears wore sooner than the front, but unless you're
racing one way around a track there's no benefit.
However, if you are running significant camber, and are
experiencing more wear on the inside edges of the tire than
the outside, then you could get your tire shop to rotate each
tire on it's rim so you even out the wear. You would need to
know that your tire shop was very careful about mounting
and dismounting tires because tires can be internallydamaged
by heavy-handed dismounting, and the usual shop never has
worry about dismounting because it's usually a tire being thrown
out...
Joe
 
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