L. J. Morris wrote:
>
> 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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> > / / ___ ___ Lee Jacobs
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> > / /__| __/ __/ University of Colorado Health Sciences
> > \____/\___|\___| Big Aspirations, Small Wallet.
> >
having done over 600 alignments in my time and working at 2 different
tire places i can tell you cross switching steel belted radials is not
too good of an idea....alot of times it can make the vehicle pull one
way or the other..also firestone does not recomend cross switching...i
tend to believe the manufacturer
my 2 cents
Russ
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