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Re: Tire Rotation[V70/1998] posted by Jim Johnson on
Sunday, 22 August 1999, at 6:48 p.m.
The generally accepted practice in the industry is to keep radial tires on the same side of the car. That means that you should rotate front to rear and rear to front without swapping sides.
When radial tires were new technology, they tended to take a set for the direction of rotation, and changing them to the other side often created a problem that caused vibration and sometimes even caused the tire to come apart. This seldom happens anymore, but unless there is a tire wear problem that you are trying to even out, or a radial tire pull problem, they should stay on the same side.
Some tires are intended to rotate in one direction only. They are marked on the sidewall very clearly. These should never be swaped side to side for any reason.
--Jim Johnson