---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
>
> Generally ..in 2 WD vehicles, the spare is not rotated ..though it
> certainly can be if all four ( or 5 ) are identical.
>    it's better actually.
>   Spare tires do 'just sit there' often.
> It's common to have 4 really good tires, often of not even the same
> exact size as the spare,
> so only 4 tires are rotatSince radial tires came into famor ...it has
> been a 'rule' to not change the direction the tires
> rotate, as they would in an X pattern rotation.
>   so ..in modern times tires are rotated front-to-rear only.

Scott, tire people tell me that there is no reason to treat ordinary, modern,  radial tires as directional .  Of course, there are directional tires, which have tread designs that only run one direction.  Run them the other direction and they don't do their job.  But that is only specific, directional tires.  Ordinary radials run both ways.

mcneely