Richard wrote:Service guy gave it to the mechanic as he happened to walk in whilst I was there. Came back the next day to get it corrected and mechanic still f$@#&% it up as he'd crossed the fronts to the rear but got the rears straight to the front correct. Ended up the service guy took it and did the job himself, well almost as he didn't balance the front and he left a little wedding ring mar on the dash when he changed the air con vent direction.
06xtracab wrote:Richard wrote:Service guy gave it to the mechanic as he happened to walk in whilst I was there. Came back the next day to get it corrected and mechanic still f$@#&% it up as he'd crossed the fronts to the rear but got the rears straight to the front correct. Ended up the service guy took it and did the job himself, well almost as he didn't balance the front and he left a little wedding ring mar on the dash when he changed the air con vent direction.
4 tyre rotation: cross rotating the fronts to the rear, and moving the rears straight forward would be the right way, unless you have directional tyres. (and balance)
Richard wrote:06xtracab wrote:Richard wrote:
Wrong sorry, radials go front to rear same position and visa versa, no cross rotation, it's in the Tyre Fitters Bible.
Richard wrote:The trouble people go to to prove they're correct.
How does a certificated Heavy/Light Tyre Fitting ticket sound with 3 years solid experience in the NT mining industry looking after 154 light vehicles most of which were Hilux's and numerous heavy vehicles including Leibherr cranes, Franners, Volvo haul trucks, 30tonne forklifts, Front End loaders and even, God forbid, wheel barrow and trolly tyres. All this done by myself.
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Richard wrote:The trouble people go to to prove they're correct.
How does a certificated Heavy/Light Tyre Fitting ticket sound with 3 years solid experience in the NT mining industry looking after 154 light vehicles most of which were Hilux's and numerous heavy vehicles including Leibherr cranes, Franners, Volvo haul trucks, 30tonne forklifts, Front End loaders and even, God forbid, wheel barrow and trolly tyres. All this done by myself.
I also, with my then new '07 twin cab, I rotated the tyres every 5000k, as you suggested and was lucky to get 18000k out of them because at the time I was uneducated on radial tyre rotation.
You can choose, you can choose the right way or the wrong way, but, as you stated "You can choose to cross rotate your tyres, or you can choose not to. It is false to say that you cannot choose"
Your choice champ.
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