But, Mr. BZ....why did your reply start another conversation in Gmail?
Riddle me that, Batman.....
Michael in San Antonio
91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:

> 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
>>>>
>>>>