Tire Rotation
05-08-2003 | 06:26 PM
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NO
many threads on this issue. it boils down to this...... economically it is not worth it.
s02 ~ $130 (just a guess)
lasts 10-12k (rears)
assume rotating the tire doubles the life (fairly large assumption)
rotation would then be worth $65.
s02s are unidirectional. therefore they require remounting and rebalancing. Most places seem to charge $20 or so per tire.
savings would be $40 (IDEALLY) per tire. nice amount if you make all of those assumptions AND ignore the other aspects.....
our tires do not wear evenly..... inside more the outside, even on the fronts. handling will be effected depending on degree of wear. each time the tires are remounted you risk installation damage to your rims (which should be covered by the shop, but ....)
if you are worried about tire life and cost consider kuhmo 712s or yoko avs100s.
finally,(deep breath) the manual specifically prohibits tire rotation (side to side or any other way) AHM is hard enough to deal with for some warranty work. why add to it?
the best answer would be to ask Jim at tirerack. he's the bomb.
many threads on this issue. it boils down to this...... economically it is not worth it.
s02 ~ $130 (just a guess)
lasts 10-12k (rears)
assume rotating the tire doubles the life (fairly large assumption)
rotation would then be worth $65.
s02s are unidirectional. therefore they require remounting and rebalancing. Most places seem to charge $20 or so per tire.
savings would be $40 (IDEALLY) per tire. nice amount if you make all of those assumptions AND ignore the other aspects.....
our tires do not wear evenly..... inside more the outside, even on the fronts. handling will be effected depending on degree of wear. each time the tires are remounted you risk installation damage to your rims (which should be covered by the shop, but ....)
if you are worried about tire life and cost consider kuhmo 712s or yoko avs100s.
finally,(deep breath) the manual specifically prohibits tire rotation (side to side or any other way) AHM is hard enough to deal with for some warranty work. why add to it?
the best answer would be to ask Jim at tirerack. he's the bomb.
05-13-2003 | 11:12 AM
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I wish honda would tell that to all of their service departments. Every time I have taken it in for any kind of service there, I had to argue with the service writers that you can't rotate the tires on the car.
05-13-2003 | 11:23 AM
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I don't see the harm in rotating tires left/right. Yes, this would mean you'd have to re-mount/balance the tires. The shop where I buy my tires does this for free so I don't see any reason for not doing it as long as you don't wait too long and there's a 1/2 inch of tread difference between the inner/outer edges ;-)
As to why Honda says you should not rotate tires, I think it's more of a disclaimer to avoid stupid mechanics rotating wheels left/right (or try a front/rear swap!) which is not good considering the stock tires (and many other decent tires) are uni-directional.
As to why Honda says you should not rotate tires, I think it's more of a disclaimer to avoid stupid mechanics rotating wheels left/right (or try a front/rear swap!) which is not good considering the stock tires (and many other decent tires) are uni-directional.
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