I don't think so "TIM", radials can and will switch sides without any
problem!
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> From: Lee Jacobs <LJacobs@calvin.uchsc.edu>
> To: dakota@ait.fredonia.edu
> Subject: Re: Tire Rotation
> Date: Monday, June 02, 1997 1:15 PM
>
> > spare to right rear ... right rear to right front ... right front to
left
> > rear ... left rear to left front ... left front back to spare.
>
> From what I understand you should NEVER switch sides on a radial...
> That's why Dodge doesn't show the spare in the rotation, because you
> should keep left tires left and right tires right (i.e. keep direction
> of rotation the same for the life of the tire). Since the spare
> (hardly ever) never gets used, it hasn't a set direction.
>
> The method the ferd manual used sounds like the old bias-ply
> (non radial) method.
>
> Thats what I think ... anyway.
>
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