Subaru: forester tire rotation

"Mike Anzel" <net> wrote in message
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rotated. 

Your owner's manual has a section on that, with pictures even.

Assuming uni-directional tires:

4-tire rotation: every 5,000 miles, front tires go to the back and vice
versa. Some people do the "X" pattern rotation, but that requires that the
tires be remounted so the cool white letters remain on the outside.

Mike,
Per owners manual (02 Forester) rotate every 7,500 miles and use a same side
front to back pattern.

Personally, I include my full sized spare in the rotation, and use a
modified front to back/ cross pattern.
i.e. Spare> RR, RR> RF, RF> LR, LR> LF, LF> Spare, and hope to avoid any
"perceived" problems by rotating the tires a little more often at 5,000
miles (plus it's easier for me to keep track of).

If in doubt, follow the manual.

Tom


"Mike Anzel" <net> wrote in message
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rotated. 

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 17:55:03 UTC, "Tom Forsha" <net>
wrote:
 

I wish I had done that instead of winding up with a brand new spare and four
tires with half the tread worn off.

Putting the spare in the rotation means that if someday you have to use it
there's no worry about it having a different circumference than the other
three.

I don't know why the manual doesn't recommend the 5-tire rotation. My guess
is that some other Subaru model had a donut spare, necessitating the 4-tire
rotation, and some lamebrain tech writer just copied over the instructions
from that manual to the Forester.

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John,
Thanks for not jumping down my throat on my choice of tire rotation.
Many, if not most, people use the method you use.
The important message is to rotate the tires. Something I rarely did before
I bought my Forester.

As I typed this I did start wondering about the use of uni-directional /
asymmetrical tires that are on the market.
Rotation is not the issue (same side) but the spare tire. Would you now need
to have two spares, one for each side?

Hmm...?
Tom



"John Varela" <net> wrote in message
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four 
guess 
4-tire 

"Tom Forsha" <net> wrote in message
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I wouldn't go so far as to say most, many people just take it to the garage
as say 'rotate the tires' and they get rotated however the person doing the
work feels like doing it. Many more just do a front to back, back to front
rotation, and there are several other options out there as well.
 
need 


I would think most people with "directional" tires just have 1
'non-directional' spare, and don't include it in their rotation.

I go clockwise every 5000mi. and include the spare.
Unless you use one direction tires. (foresters don't come with them) Front
to back never made any sense. The same tire ends up back in its original
location on the next rotation.
The outside (white letters) are always outside no need to remount.

"Mike Anzel" <net> wrote in message
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rotated. 

I measure tread depth and when the front or rears show a difference of about
1/32 inch I rotate. ~1/32 inch =~1/4 inch difference in circumference which
is the "maximum" difference recommended. I follow most major tire
manufactures recommendation which is a modified X. Front cross to rear and
rear to front on same side. The modified X is a pain for both end must be
off the ground at the same time or many jack ups. eddie
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