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Q: Do radial tires need to be rotated and are there differences between front and rear wheel

@ drive tire wear?

Ae Yes and Yes. Radial tires most definitely need rotating and there are differences between front
® wheel drive (FWD) and rear wheel drive (RWD) wear paiterns.

Froni wheel drive cars wear the front tires much faster than the rears. This is because the front wheels
provide the steering, acceleration and most of the braking. Having said this, the trailing rear tires are Le ee

offen prone to cupping or uneven fire wear. It is not uncommon to wear out the front fires in 15- DOUG FERGUSSON

20,000 km, if they are not rotated. While there may be plenty of tread left on the rears, the wear pat-

tern may be such that they are unuseable on the front.

Rear wheel drive cars tend to wear the rear tires faster than the fronts, but this wear difference is nowhere neor as pro-

nounced as in FWD cars.

Rotating the tire: simply means moving a tire from one corner of the car to another. This is to ensure all tires wear evenly

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
often as every 8,000 km, while RWD cars should have
tires rotated every 10-12,000 km: Many tire retailers
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There are a number of rotation patterns you can use.
The simplest is the X rotation where each tire is moved
diagonally. On FWD cars, KAL TIRE recommends mov-
ing the front tires to the same side rear and the rear
tires diagonally to the front. On RWD cars the rear tires
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moved diagonally to the rear. These patterns ensure that
each tire finds its way to'each corner.

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