Rotate tyres after a certain mileage on the vehicle?

[Deekayy]

Hello everyone,

A question for the techies here in the forum. In the past, manufacturers sometimes advised that it makes sense to rotate tyres after a certain mileage on the vehicle. On my old Pajero, for example, there was the scheme:

Spare wheel on rear left
Rear left to front left
Front left to rear right
Rear right to front right
Front right to spare wheel

This is done approximately every 5,000-10,000 kilometres. The tyres should be worn more evenly this way.

Now my questions:
Is this still done today? Do you swap tyres on the Grenadier?
After what mileage do you change the tyres?
Are the BFGoodrich tyres directional (front left to rear right...)?
What do I do with the tyre sensors then?

Thanks and best regards, David

 

[landmannnn]

Hello everyone,

A question for the techies here in the forum. In the past, manufacturers sometimes advised that it makes sense to rotate tyres after a certain mileage on the vehicle. On my old Pajero, for example, there was the scheme:

Spare wheel on rear left
Rear left to front left
Front left to rear right
Rear right to front right
Front right to spare wheel

This is done approximately every 5,000-10,000 kilometres. The tyres should be worn more evenly this way.

Now my questions:
Is this still done today? Do you swap tyres on the Grenadier?
After what mileage do you change the tyres?
Are the BFGoodrich tyres directional (front left to rear right...)?
What do I do with the tyre sensors then?

Thanks and best regards, David

The service schedule says to rotate tyres, so either yearly or 12k miles.
I think you need the dealer software to reset the TPMS to the new positions.

 

[Eric]

Hello everyone,

A question for the techies here in the forum. In the past, manufacturers sometimes advised that it makes sense to rotate tyres after a certain mileage on the vehicle. On my old Pajero, for example, there was the scheme:

Spare wheel on rear left
Rear left to front left
Front left to rear right
Rear right to front right
Front right to spare wheel

This is done approximately every 5,000-10,000 kilometres. The tyres should be worn more evenly this way.

Now my questions:
Is this still done today? Do you swap tyres on the Grenadier?
After what mileage do you change the tyres?
Are the BFGoodrich tyres directional (front left to rear right...)?
What do I do with the tyre sensors then?

Thanks and best regards, David

I have never rotated my tyres on a 4x4. In my view putting a spare with full tread on the same axle as a tyre with 10,000 use doesn't make sense to me. When I have had a puncture and used the spare with a part worn tyre, once the puncture is repaired I try to put the tyres as close as possible to equal wear.

 

[Tom D]

Permanent 4x4 trucks tend to wear tyres pretty evenly, all my old defenders did. The fronts will wear slightly faster due to the shorter prop shaft but you'll barely notice. Selectable 4wd vehicles will wear the rears much faster and will benefit from rotation.

 

[Tinerfeño]

Wear of a radial tyre doesn't change rolling diameter because steel belts define that. Nor tyre pressure.
Also some radial tyres don't like change of rolling direction (naturally includes all unidirectional tyres).
I personally observe wear and possibly rotate FL <-> RL and FR <-> RR.

 

[Cheshire cat]

80,000 miles on my BFG A/T's fitted to my Defender. No changes and wear is still pretty even.

 

[trobex]

At 18Ks I can finding front tires are wearing noticeably more than rear... albeit I really treat them like I drive a coupe. I plan to rotate and balance at 20K... just my observation.

 

[FlyingTexan]

I’ve been thinking about this but I’ll just wait till get need to be rebalanced the. Take them in and probably replace them.