@) @ Do radial tires need to be rotated and are there differences between front and rear wheel

@ drive tire wear?

A: Yes and Yes. Radial tires most definitely need! rotating and there are differences between front
@ wheel drive (FWD) and rear wheel drive (RWD) wear patterns.

aa ~ F Front wheel drive cars wear the front tires much faster than the rears. This is because the front wheels
“AirCar re} oF provide the steering, acceleration and most of the braking. Having said this, the trailing rear tires are
5 : : ; offen prone to cupping or uneven tire wear. It is not uncommon to wear out the front tires in 15- DOUG FERGUSSON
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Repair Centr ; wey (Pe 20,000 km, if they are not rotated. While there may be plenty of tread left on the rears, the wear pat- -
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tern may be such th>t they are unuseable on the front.

wv YOKOH, ”AM A Anh chauer Rear wheel drive cars tend to wear the rear tires faster than the fronts, but this wear difference is nowhere near as pro-
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ASR AroM PARK & TH 985-4221 Rotating the tires simply means moving a tire from one corner of the car to another. This is to ensure all fires wear evenly
a and at the same rate. Tires that are rotated regularly will

last up to 25% longer and are safer to drive on.
Front wheel drive cars should have the tires rotated as

EUROPEAN CRAFTSMANSHIP often as every 8,000 km, while RWD cars should have — e ee
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Volvo, Parsche & other European vehicies. There are a number of rotation patterns you can use.
’ The simplest is the X rotation where each tire is moved

LET’S re diagonally. On FWD cars, KAL TIRE recommends mov-

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