I spent over an hour rotating my tires with my little jack only to run over a nail as soon as I pulled out of my parking space. Had to get 2 new tires, alignment and all that. Umf.
As a "front end" technician, (steering, suspension, tires, and alignment), I find fault with the procedures that auto and tire manufacturers recommend to rotate tires. Their recommendations do not take into consideration whether the vehicle is in proper alignment, if the tires are wearing irregular due to worn parts, low or high air pressure, or any other variable. They are not "real world" recommendations. When I rotated tires, I would "read" the tires first to determine what side of the vehicle the tire should be placed, and it almost never coincided with the usual recommendations. All tires develop a wear pattern from turning in one direction as you drive, if that wear pattern is more than a moderate amount, then the tires should be rotated to the opposite side of the car, no matter whether it is front, rear, all, or four wheel drive. If they are rotated to the same side, the wear pattern will continue to get worse, especially it the vehicle is not getting an alignment, or has not had one recently.
You don't need a floor jack and four jack stands to rotate your car's tires. Frankly, having the car up on four jack stands is foolish. You can use the jack that came with your car, remove one tire, temporarily mount the spare tire in its place and then proceed rotate the tires from there. When you are finished, put the spare and jack back in the trunk. Also, don't carry the tires like the guy in the video. Roll them, don't carry.
@@thurm101 Re-read my original post. It's much safer than having the vehicle up on all fours using jack stands. During the entire process, at least three tires are in contact with the ground and only the corner where the tire is being changed is jacked up, no different than changing a tire on the side of the road. The jack that comes with the car is utilized, not a hydraulic trolley jack. The only extra work is one corner is jacked up and lowered twice. The first time to swap out one regular tire with a spare and the second time to swap out the spare with a regular tire. If you don't understand it what I posted, don't do it.
@@krogdog The only extra work involved is one corner is jacked up and lowered twice. Once to swap out a regular tire with the spare and a second time to swap out the spare with a second tire.
New tires, after 7,000 miles you perform the first rotation, putting front to back, back to front, same side. Next rotation, after another 7,000 miles, should be an off rim rotation to keep the inner tread wear uniform with the outer wear, taking the back right up to the front left and the front left to the back right and the back left up to the front right and the front right to the back left. 3rd rotation after another 7,000 miles will be the same as the first rotation. Then another 7,000 miles you do the same as the second rotation, an off rim crisscross rotation. Repeating these steps every 7,000 miles will extent the life of your tires to their designed limit and will prevent them from premature failure due to improper wear. You should be putting 4 tires into the dump every ten years, not 12 tires. Get real!!
It is written on the sidewall of the wheel. Another clue is looking at the thread. Directional tires would have threads that is shaped like an arrow pointing forward.
@@jasonbell4670 I was quoted $20 over the phone when I came down in person they wanted $30. I had another issue with the car. I ended up taking to a different body shop and they threw in the tire rotation but instead of them doing the forward wheel drive version where the back ones go cris crossed the front and the front go straight to the back all they did was move the front to the back and back to the front. I'm starting to wonder if they even did anything at all.
This is a "draw the owl" tutorial, where you completely skipped how properly jack up a vehicle. One of the most important stages. "Watch our video"...okay, that's what I'm doing. At least have a link pop up or something.
@@wadesuhr it's literally posted as a tutorial on tire rotation. THE most important step is getting the vehicle up on jack stands safely and securely. A good tutorial covers each step, like ChrisFix's videos. They're already putting it up on stands, it makes no sense to not show the steps. It'd be like doing a "how to change a rotor" video, and just shows someone putting a rotor over the studs. "And if you want to watch another clickbait video, search our other content to find out how to get to this point!" Cool, you skipped two dozen steps. Don't want to be spoon fed....
Video completely passed over the home lifting and securing the vehicle part. It said follow the link but that is hard to find. The rest of the information is mostly remedial.
I think I'm going to do it myself . I'm going to try using my impact driver ( not wrench unfortunately ) and I probably need to loosen / tighten lugs with tire iron .
Does this mean you have to take the rear tires off the rim so so when you cross the tires to the front, the worn out side of the tire is now facing inward?
The only time you would have to remove the tires from the rims and reinstalling them so they can be placed on the opposite side of the vehicle is if you have directional tires, (tires that are supposed to rotate in one direction only), and they have developed a wear pattern that needs to be corrected. If the vehicle is kept in proper alignment, this normally would be unnecessary. If there is a "worn out" side to the tire, then it should be replaced, not rotated.
“Rotating” is the wrong word to use.. to me rotating tyres mean rotating them in situe? Don’t they rotate on the road when driving? It Should be called “swapping your tyres”
Rotation doesnt necessarily mean revolution... Also rotation is a more precise word than swapping, because swapping means A takes place of B and B the place of A. When you are "rotating" your tyres A can take the place of B and B takes place of C etc... So it is not swapping but in fact "rotating"...
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I spent over an hour rotating my tires with my little jack only to run over a nail as soon as I pulled out of my parking space. Had to get 2 new tires, alignment and all that. Umf.
I’m Investing in a floor jack and maybe jack stand idk but def that and a impact wrench
@@shawnhickman1412 Do it, but don't use a floor jack without jack stands. Floor jacks can fail and you don't want to be under it when and if it does.
@Tan Z Sorry I meant balancing.
Haha that's my kinda luck right there
This is stupid. I rotate the tires on my car every day, when I drive it.
David Miller so its a certain way to do them
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As a "front end" technician, (steering, suspension, tires, and alignment), I find fault with the procedures that auto and tire manufacturers recommend to rotate tires. Their recommendations do not take into consideration whether the vehicle is in proper alignment, if the tires are wearing irregular due to worn parts, low or high air pressure, or any other variable. They are not "real world" recommendations. When I rotated tires, I would "read" the tires first to determine what side of the vehicle the tire should be placed, and it almost never coincided with the usual recommendations. All tires develop a wear pattern from turning in one direction as you drive, if that wear pattern is more than a moderate amount, then the tires should be rotated to the opposite side of the car, no matter whether it is front, rear, all, or four wheel drive. If they are rotated to the same side, the wear pattern will continue to get worse, especially it the vehicle is not getting an alignment, or has not had one recently.
heck, i rotate my tires, everytime i drive my truck🤣
You don't need a floor jack and four jack stands to rotate your car's tires. Frankly, having the car up on four jack stands is foolish.
You can use the jack that came with your car, remove one tire, temporarily mount the spare tire in its place and then proceed rotate the tires from there. When you are finished, put the spare and jack back in the trunk.
Also, don't carry the tires like the guy in the video. Roll them, don't carry.
stashorama Thats a lot of work. NEVER work around a car merely with a jack. Please have jack stands.
That method _is_ a lot of work. That’s how I did it yesterday and it took me over an hour and my back and legs are sore!
@@thurm101 Re-read my original post. It's much safer than having the vehicle up on all fours using jack stands.
During the entire process, at least three tires are in contact with the ground and only the corner where the tire is being changed is jacked up, no different than changing a tire on the side of the road.
The jack that comes with the car is utilized, not a hydraulic trolley jack.
The only extra work is one corner is jacked up and lowered twice. The first time to swap out one regular tire with a spare and the second time to swap out the spare with a regular tire.
If you don't understand it what I posted, don't do it.
@@krogdog The only extra work involved is one corner is jacked up and lowered twice. Once to swap out a regular tire with the spare and a second time to swap out the spare with a second tire.
stashorama I still disagree.
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New tires, after 7,000 miles you perform the first rotation, putting front to back, back to front, same side. Next rotation, after another 7,000 miles, should be an off rim rotation to keep the inner tread wear uniform with the outer wear, taking the back right up to the front left and the front left to the back right and the back left up to the front right and the front right to the back left. 3rd rotation after another 7,000 miles will be the same as the first rotation. Then another 7,000 miles you do the same as the second rotation, an off rim crisscross rotation. Repeating these steps every 7,000 miles will extent the life of your tires to their designed limit and will prevent them from premature failure due to improper wear. You should be putting 4 tires into the dump every ten years, not 12 tires. Get real!!
get ReAl!
Thanks for the explanation and detail. Where would it tell the arrows or info for how the direction for tires go???
It is written on the sidewall of the wheel. Another clue is looking at the thread. Directional tires would have threads that is shaped like an arrow pointing forward.
I wish you would’ve shown the entire car lifted and showed more detail on his video. But thanks for the information.
I think he broke the wheel cover.
I go get tires rotated and end up with a $2400 bill. New tires, suspension, alignment, oil change…..😩
Their how to jack video th-cam.com/video/wYfYAleDvQo/w-d-xo.html
I think I'm being ripped off but how much should a tire rotation cost in general?
No more than $50
@@jasonbell4670 I was quoted $20 over the phone when I came down in person they wanted $30. I had another issue with the car. I ended up taking to a different body shop and they threw in the tire rotation but instead of them doing the forward wheel drive version where the back ones go cris crossed the front and the front go straight to the back all they did was move the front to the back and back to the front. I'm starting to wonder if they even did anything at all.
Who rotates tires every 5 to 7 thousand miles?
This is a "draw the owl" tutorial, where you completely skipped how properly jack up a vehicle. One of the most important stages. "Watch our video"...okay, that's what I'm doing. At least have a link pop up or something.
Spoon feeding request. Nice.
@@wadesuhr it's literally posted as a tutorial on tire rotation. THE most important step is getting the vehicle up on jack stands safely and securely. A good tutorial covers each step, like ChrisFix's videos. They're already putting it up on stands, it makes no sense to not show the steps.
It'd be like doing a "how to change a rotor" video, and just shows someone putting a rotor over the studs. "And if you want to watch another clickbait video, search our other content to find out how to get to this point!" Cool, you skipped two dozen steps. Don't want to be spoon fed....
@@wadesuhr This is likely going to be a video for beginners who don’t know how to do anything…
My oem wheels are staggered..
Video completely passed over the home lifting and securing the vehicle part. It said follow the link but that is hard to find. The rest of the information is mostly remedial.
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I think I'm going to do it myself . I'm going to try using my impact driver ( not wrench unfortunately ) and I probably need to loosen / tighten lugs with tire iron .
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Does this mean you have to take the rear tires off the rim so so when you cross the tires to the front, the worn out side of the tire is now facing inward?
The only time you would have to remove the tires from the rims and reinstalling them so they can be placed on the opposite side of the vehicle is if you have directional tires, (tires that are supposed to rotate in one direction only), and they have developed a wear pattern that needs to be corrected. If the vehicle is kept in proper alignment, this normally would be unnecessary.
If there is a "worn out" side to the tire, then it should be replaced, not rotated.
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“Rotating” is the wrong word to use.. to me rotating tyres mean rotating them in situe? Don’t they rotate on the road when driving? It Should be called “swapping your tyres”
Rotation doesnt necessarily mean revolution...
Also rotation is a more precise word than swapping, because swapping means A takes place of B and B the place of A. When you are "rotating" your tyres A can take the place of B and B takes place of C etc...
So it is not swapping but in fact "rotating"...