Free Rotating Tires Tips

Part of every vehicle maintenance program should be the rotation of your tires. Your front tires wear differently from your back tires and you're right tires wear differently than your left tires. By rotating your tires on a regular basis you are not only making your car safer to drive but also prolonging the life of your tires. You should do this about every 6,000 miles unless you have a four-wheel drive vehicle, in that case you should do it about every 4,000 miles. Now there are two ways to go about this, you can pay a service station or do-it-yourself. While it is a relatively inexpensive service, it is something that the everyday Joe should be able to handle. Here are a few tips on how to do it properly.
All Weather Tires
When dealing with this type of tire, you can use what is called the modified ex-method. In using this method your front tires go to the rear opposite side that they are currently located in. Your front driver tire is going to go the rear passenger side. Front passenger tire will be moved to the rear driver side. You will then take both rear tires and move them forward. Driver side rear tire becomes the front driver side tire in the passenger side rear tire becomes the front passenger tire.

Front Wheel Drive Tires
When dealing with these types of tires, you're going to do basically the opposite of what you would do in the above example. Your rear tires going to crisscross and move forward and your front tires are going to move back. Driver side rear tire should be moved to the passenger-side front tire. Passenger side rear tire should now be the driver's side front tire. Your driver side front tire should now be the driver side rear tire and of course the passenger-side front tire is now the passenger-side rear tire.
Directional Tires
With directional tires, the process is not so complicated. You are only going to have to move your front tires to the back in the back tires to the front. Drivers side front becomes the drivers side rear and you will move the rear to the front and do the same thing on the passenger side tires. These tires are designed to be on a specific side of the car therefore you do not have to crisscross.

If you're going to rotate the tires yourself, please remember to check your manual for proper inflation levels. After rotating your tires, you're going to have to make sure that these pressures have been adjusted to the vehicle manufacturer's recommendations. The process itself is simple, and you will be amazed at the increased longevity to the life of your tires that will promote. In today's economy, every little bit helps and with the average price of quality tires being up over $100 apiece, doing this on a regular basis will be well worth it over the years. Not only will it be well worth it but it could help to cut down on repair costs later down the line.