re
As always, a call to your tire manufacturer will get you the correct
answer for your specific tire.

well, MAYBE it will ...it SHOULD let's say.
( I've had so many phone conversations that turned out to not be true lately
it's just silly, like 3/4th of them )

it's true ....radial tires are allowed to be cross-rotated these days ..
except directional tires of course.
and ...seems this is seldom thought of, but if you run directional tires,
and have a spare of the same type ..you have to choose whether you'll have a
left spare or a right one.
( though you can run a directional tire backwards without harm I believe..
it just won't work as well, traction and tread-wise. )

all tire fun.
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd.Last" <Rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: Spare Tire Goes Flat

>  I had heard this too, and after some investigation found out that this
> was true for older design radials, but generally is no longer the case
> for tires made today - except for those with directional tread.
> (I remember when my family got their first Michelin radials in the late
> 1970's they handed out a pamphlet that specifically said not to
> cross-rotate the tires.)
> As always, a call to your tire manufacturer will get you the correct
> answer for your specific tire.
>
> Todd
> '88 Westy
>
> On 9/13/2010 9:31 PM, Alan Felder wrote:
>> I have been told that for at least some tires, radials, that they should
>> never be changed to the opposite rotation, as would be neccessary if you
>> were to rotate the spare thru.  This appears to be true with the brand
>> new
>> tires on my sedan, as told to me by the manager at the tire shop.
>> something
>> about delamination if you reversed the rotation after the tire has "set".
>> I
>> suppose you could rotate the spare on one side only, but you would not be
>> getting the full life out of the spare and the other side would still
>> wear
>> 1/3rd quicker.  I would like to do this on my westy but have not, because
>> of
>> this advice.
>>
>> flame on..
>>
>> --
>> Alan Felder
>> Austin TX
>> 82 Diesel Westy
>>