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Old 10-04-2012, 12:02 PM
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Well guys I am about to rotate my 35x12.50 trail graps myself for the first time. Do I put front left to rear right then front right to rear left? And also how tight do I tighten the lugs when I put em back on?? Can I just get them all tight as I can or do I have to torque them to a specific spec? An also do I have to tighten them in any specific method or order?
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Oh and also where should I place the jack on truck when jacking it up?( I have jack stands also) but I'm plot let going to have to get a couple wood blocks to set the jack and jack stands on as due to my lift they are too small
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At work we always jack up on the frame on the front most LCA mount. Then in the rear we jack on the axle. Those would be the best places to set jack stands.

Also I would reccomend doing a Front Cross Roto to the rear and bring your rear tires Straight forward.

So:
LF->RR
RF->LR
RR->RF
LR->LF

And YES!! you need to torque your lug nuts to 150 ft/lbs for an F150. It's very important that you don't allow them to be undertorqued or overtorqued this will all leave you vulnerable to what we call in the business a "Wheel-Off"
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Factory tires are rotated front to rear only. I don't know if non-directional tires are still available or not. The best thing to do is ask who ever sold the tire to you.
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Originally Posted by shortride
Factory tires are rotated front to rear only. I don't know if non-directional tires are still available or not. The best thing to do is ask who ever sold the tire to you.
I work at a dealer and we cross the front to the back and back go straight forward.
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Originally Posted by shortride
Factory tires are rotated front to rear only. I don't know if non-directional tires are still available or not. The best thing to do is ask who ever sold the tire to you.
The owners manual shows to cross them. Page 243 in mine.
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Originally Posted by shortride
Factory tires are rotated front to rear only. I don't know if non-directional tires are still available or not. The best thing to do is ask who ever sold the tire to you.
Alright that quite doesn't really make sense, factory tires are always unidirectional unless you're buying a high performance car then they'll be directional at times. I worked at a tire shop and primarily what I did when rotating oversized tires was fronts crossed to rears and rears straight up to the front



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