>> My Celica All-Trac has directional tires, and the spare is one-way, by the
>> arrows on the sidewall. The question of mis-direction was posed on some
>Toyota
>> group or board I read (sorry, don't remember which!) and the consensus was
>that
>> it didn't matter in the short run--handlng might be squirmy, but would get
>you
>> home!
>>
>> Paul B.
>> '01 XJ
>> www.scienceteacher.biz
>
>All of my tires go both forwards AND backwards. HTH!

Hmm--perhaps I should have said directional TREAD PATTERN!

Paul

 

Well...

A friend just came over with a Safari van with a nasty shake that just
started.

We found a bunch of worn front end parts and changed them.

The shake was still there!

I then took it for a drive and felt the steering wheel wobble at slow
speeds. Bingo, hey, you have a broken tire, I say. He says, Oh, they
are two months old and used with a 3 month warranty.

We jack up the tiers and spin them and sure as ----, one has a blown
cord with a new 8" long bubble on it. (no odd tread wear, therefore a
new bubble)

It was a good thing, he had a ball joint and drag link about to fall
off, we fixed it.

Used tires in my book are a 50/50 crap shoot if the belts break or not
from reverse rotation, see my other post.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

RichH wrote:
>
> >
> > The left side just swap front to back. You are not supposed to cross
> > tires on a CJ7 when rotating according to the owners manual.
> >
>
> That may have been true 20 years ago when radial tires HAD to maintain
> the same direction rotation. Not required anymore as most radials can
> 'roll' in either direction without ill effects.

 

In message <3F2AA372.15B81863@sympatico.ca>, "Mike Romain" wrote:

>RichH wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > The left side just swap front to back. You are not supposed to cross
>> > tires on a CJ7 when rotating according to the owners manual.
>> >
>>
>> That may have been true 20 years ago when radial tires HAD to maintain
>> the same direction rotation. Not required anymore as most radials can
>> 'roll' in either direction without ill effects.
>
>
>I just tossed ten tires with good tread on them in the trash a couple
>months ago.
>
>Not one of those ten tires ever heard of or at least didn't believe you
>could get away with crossing radials side to side...
>
>They all have broken belts from doing that.

I doubt tire manufacturers would recommend cross rotating tires if it was known
to cause broken belts.

>
>I will stick with the owners manual's recommendation on my CJ7 with the
>expensive tires thank you please.
>
>Having a dedicated spare and rotating 4 tires front to back works for
>me.
>
>Mike
>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's