[Fot] Racing Tire Rotation Question

[Brian Schirano]

Hi John, while I don't run those tires, the only way I can even out wear is to turn the tires on the wheels. If you just move the lefts to the right, the outside of the tire is still the outside of the tire, just rotating in the opposite direction. My uneven wear is scrub L > R on the tread, so to even out - either keep the rotation the same and dis-mount & remount (tire from wheel and flip inside out) on the other side of the car, or keep tires on their respective sides of the car and dis mount and remount in opposite rotation. Always the case - inside of tire now becomes outside of tire. Brian Schirano
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   From: John Styduhar via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
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 Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 9:12 AM
 Subject: [Fot] Racing Tire Rotation Question
   
I'm running Hoosier Speedster 205/60 15. The tires have a direction arrow on the sidewall. The Hoosier tire factory rep. told me that I could swap the tires/wheels side-to-side to even out the tire wear and extend tread life. No need to remount and rebalance tires.  But that would make the tire roll in the opposite direction as shown on the sidewall. The rep said the tire design is symetrical and the directional tread pattern is for water shedding.  My internet query also supports this thinking.  What are fellow racers doing about racing tire rotation?  
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