Tire Rotation
04-03-2012, 06:10 PM
#1
B-52 Chief
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Tire Rotation
Today, I dropped my truck off for and oil change and tire rotation. Upon picking it up, I noticed they rotated the tires front to back ( I know because of a defect in one of my rims)... The owners manual states to cross rotate them for even wear so I mentioned it to the service department. They told me they always rotate front to rear unless requested by the customer even though the owners manual states otherwise... Is this going to make a difference for the next 5000 miles or should I drop it back off to have the rear tires swapped LT to RT so it will be right in accordance with the owners manual? 
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04-03-2012, 06:17 PM
#4
Senior Member
Are you sure they didn't do a F to R and L to R? Both fronts will end up on the rear just on different sides of the truck.
04-03-2012, 06:24 PM
#5
B-52 Chief
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04-03-2012, 06:28 PM
#6
Senior Member
That sucks, My dealer does mine right and It takes 10 mins if I want to do it myself.
04-03-2012, 06:49 PM
#7
V-8 Sounds Great
I only ever rotate F to R and R to F. I've done my own for many years.
By switching L to R, you reverse the tire spin direction. Not good for tire longevity, but good if you're in the business of selling tires.
By switching L to R, you reverse the tire spin direction. Not good for tire longevity, but good if you're in the business of selling tires.
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04-03-2012, 06:55 PM
#8
Sounds like they did a rotation that you'd do on a front wheel drive car. Both front tires go to the rear,(ex drivers side to rear drivers side) and the rears go opposite front.(ex drivers rear,becomes passenger front) I haven't read the manual regarding the rotation, but I'm sure a 4 wheel drive vehicle is different. That's weird that they'd just swap front to rear.
I hear ya on dealerships, but don't lump them all into one category of "suck." They probably hired an inexperienced person. They are cheap labor. I paint cars for a living at a body shop, I had an old boss who prefered to hire "off the street" people cuz he could "train" them how he wanted. No, he liked them because they were cheap labor. Same guy who told me a monkey could do my job...needless to say I quit there long ago
I hear ya on dealerships, but don't lump them all into one category of "suck." They probably hired an inexperienced person. They are cheap labor. I paint cars for a living at a body shop, I had an old boss who prefered to hire "off the street" people cuz he could "train" them how he wanted. No, he liked them because they were cheap labor. Same guy who told me a monkey could do my job...needless to say I quit there long ago
04-03-2012, 07:03 PM
#9
Originally Posted by boosted150
I only ever rotate F to R and R to F. I've done my own for many years.
By switching L to R, you reverse the tire spin direction. Not good for tire longevity, but good if you're in the business of selling tires.
By switching L to R, you reverse the tire spin direction. Not good for tire longevity, but good if you're in the business of selling tires.
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04-03-2012, 09:56 PM
#10
Same thing happened to me. I marked them with numbers beforehand so I knew exactly what they did. Showed the dealer the manual and had them redo it. I could care less if they have their normal way, they need to do it as their own manual shows, plus it will get all the tires moved evenly over the life of the tires. Seems like a lot of places can't do a simple rotation, thats why I mark them prior.