Thread: Solid axle camber wearing out tires

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Jerry that was my thought but he'd have to dismount them then remount but still cheaper than new tires.

Originally Posted by cffisher

Jerry that was my thought but he'd have to dismount them then remount but still cheaper than new tires.

Why do you say that, Charlie? I recall long ago people saying that you cannot change the rotation direction on a radial (move a DS tire to PS), but I think that was proven wrong years back, or else I'm in a dream world. My tire shop does the backs to fronts, fronts crossed to backs at every rotation. And on my Jeep with the big meats we throw in the spare going to RR, LF going to spare to further confuse things.

Originally Posted by rspears

Why do you say that, Charlie? I recall long ago people saying that you cannot change the rotation direction on a radial (move a DS tire to PS), but I think that was proven wrong years back, or else I'm in a dream world. My tire shop does the backs to fronts, fronts crossed to backs at every rotation. And on my Jeep with the big meats we throw in the spare going to RR, LF going to spare to further confuse things.

You wouldn't reverse rotation. You move left front across to right front. Out side wall is now inside, same roatation. Thats why you have to unmount and remount. It might be hard to visualize but if you think about just sliding the tire straight across from one rim to the other.............