AquilaEagle

directional, as in rotation, but all the tyres are the same, you don't have a left and a right tyre, you just turn the tyre round depending which side it goes on

mikey k

It's only an issue if the are asymetrical!
Directional is not a problem I'm going to do this on my front GSD3's
Just means to swap you must remove the tyres and refit them to the opposite wheel.

LTB

So what I said in the first place was right then ?

m1bjr

AE means directional but with no 'outside' marker like the RE050MZ.

Dembo

You can probably get the geometry done to preserve tyre life, i.e. no camber and no toe on the rear.

It may kill you, but will probably save money.

AquilaEagle

I'm pretty sure you can still turn asymmetrical tyres. They need removing from the wheel, and turning round too

When you buy an asymetric tyre, they don't ask, is that for the left or the right

LTB

[QUOTE=AquilaEagle,Sep 19 2009, 06:00 PM] I'm pretty sure you can still turn asymmetrical tyres.

Dembo

If they're assymetric, and directional, then each tyre can only ever go on one corner. If they're only one or the other, then you could swap them round (by taking them off the wheels).

lovegroova

If they are assymetric, and not directional (like the RE050as), then can't the wheels simply be swapped over? The "Outside" will still be the "Outside", but would be rotating in the other direction.

Or am I talking rubbish?

Not that it'll help with inner shoulder wear though.

LTB

I'm fairly sure that the RE050A is directional. From memory they have a direction of travel arrow on the outer tyre wall.

I'll just pop out and check.

Your reasoning is correct though, if they are bi-directional and not uni-directional then there wouldn't be an issue.