Oh, yeh another thing I used to do , I had a shop locally that would shave the
tires. After 500 miles bring in the car and on the car they had a machine that
actually shaved the tire exactly round. The tire was balanced on the car. so
each
tire wheel and bearing assy was in tune. But that cost me , and of course you
didn't have to rebalance(except for potholes) nor rotate.
Great life on the rubber and the ride was terrific!
Boy what ever happened to the goodold days?
Chuck, older than most
Jan Eyerman wrote:
> If you have a regular, not a space saver spare, you can either rotate it along
> with the other 4 OR, never use it and then just 3 new tires when the old ones
> wear out!
>
> My wife normally gets 60,000 miles on a set of tires (4 tires, space saver
> spare). We rotate, but only 15,000 miles or so.
>
> Jan Eyerman
>
> ellis838@concentric.net wrote:
> About this tire rotation thing, I have always wondered if it is worth
> it. We have the tires rotated at every service [wife's car] which is 5k
> and it is $20. So if I get 80k [yea right] out of these tires it will
> have cost me $320 in rotation fees. I keep thinking that this is a rip
> off as four new tires are $400 and there must be a more optimum $ to
> mile rotation interval. But then if you do not do the recommended
> rotation and have a tire problem it is your problem... Use to be I
> rotated cars at a shorter interval than I now rotate tires... Jim
>
> chuck nicodemus wrote:
>
> >I might also add , on my 99' Chev astro van I have the original tires
> rotated
> >every 6 k miles and pressure checked every three weeks. 80,000 miles and
> I'll
> >change them out this next month for some newbys.
> >chuck
> >
> >SFordRB@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >>To carry the theme further. Over inflation will cause increased tire wear
> to
> >>the middle or center section of tread, while under inflation will cause
> >>increased wear on the outer edge of the tire. In addition, under inflation
> >>will cause excess side wall wear and can cause blowouts.
> >>
> >>Dr. Moonstone
> >>
> >
> >.
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