On Sep 15, 2010, at 3:45 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:

> 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. )

yes, I just had my Hakkas rotated at Discount Tires & even tho I told
the Service Rep that they were directional tires, they put them on
crossed so the 2 front tires were running backwards!  Drove a couple
of hundred miles on them that way until I noticed, went back, pissed,
& they took care of it immediately-gave moi a $50 off coupon for my
troubles, but said no problem!

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-never trust a tire jockey
>
> 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
>>>