Tire Rotation Poll How do you rotate your tires?
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Rotating the tires at every oil change I think is very excessive.
Personally, I would drive until the front tires have roughly 50-60% tread, then put them on the back.
I rotate tire seasonally along with swapping my all seasons for winters tires. I use a tire marking pen to note where I pulled them from and then when I reinstall that set I rotate them. For the directional snow tires its front to back on the same side and for the stock all seasons its front to back and cross the backs to the front for even wear. I typically only go about 12,000miles a year so it's about 5-6k on any given set before they are rotated.
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Tire Rotation Poll How do you rotate your tires?
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Same here ( at least Im trying to ⋯
)~7500 miles. Far more important on a AWD vehicle.... not sure on the Mazda but the Torsen in my GX and the clutch pack in my G can be damaged if you let wear get too uneven.
here in sweden, we have to change our tyres from winter to summer and back to winter again so twice a year . At each tyre change we rotate our tyres. I mark my tyres with side and front or back on a piece of plastic label that goes on the tyre air valve during removal. Besides I even try to chose tyres that are non directional so that I can rotate them cross wise and not just front to back. For the winter tyres that can be a problem. Continental Viking conti 6 is the only winter tyre that will allow you to do that.
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GJ-Molestor
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Thats a load of BS. Mazdas alignment is a little more aggressive then Usual, but your tires will wear evenly if you drive a little spirited around corners. Even from normal driving the tires wear very evenly, better then my RWD BMW which has -1.8 negative camber on the rear axle from the factory.
Dont waste your time or money rotating so frequently, it makes absolutely zero sense. I say you should rotate when your front tires get to about 50-60% tread.
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There's nothing remotely "aggressive" about suspension geometry or alignment settings on the CX-5. However, that said, If you're changing your oil every 7500 miles (as many here seen to do) then follow the dealer's advice. I change oil at 5k miles (I put less than 10k on the car each year) and rotate tires between oil changes @7.5k.
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And the logic behind that is......................??
GJ-Molestor
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not all tires will get louder as they wear out...
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And even if that were the case, why would you wait till they were on the way out before rotation? The point is to even out the wear and hopefully get them to last longer!
is "X" rotation pattern ok ?
I get free tire rotations from where I got tires and saw that the tech used an "X" pattern rotation (OPTION B) below
owners manual recommends (OPTION C), just wondering which pattern most member use for non-directional tires ?
useful link I found on rotation patterns: https://www.tirebuyer.com/education/tire-rotation-patterns
I get free tire rotations from where I got tires and saw that the tech used an "X" pattern rotation (OPTION B) below
owners manual recommends (OPTION C), just wondering which pattern most member use for non-directional tires ?
useful link I found on rotation patterns: https://www.tirebuyer.com/education/tire-rotation-patterns
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I go with C above as this is what Mazda recommends.
