Ok, more like a lazy sob.

I have a '05 F150 FX4 with Bridgestone AT Revos. The truck and the tires have about 31,000 miles on them.

Here's the idiot part: I have never had those tires rotated. There is obvious wear on the outside edges of the front tires but still about 1/4" of tread in the center of the front tires.

Rear tires have better outside edges and around 3/16 to 1/4" of tread in the centers.

Does it make sense to have those rotated now or will I get some bad vibrations or other problems by having waited so long? The rear tires definitely look better than the fronts. We are in snow season here, if that makes any difference.

I've also considered just buying a new set of tires and starting from scratch, but the $$s...you know.

Thanks.

 

have then balanced and rotated. It won't stop the uneven wear completely, but it will make them last longer. I rotate mine with every oil change. That is a little over kill, but it saves on my time and I don't forget to do it. They last a lot longer.

 

I'd rotate them any go probably the same amount of miles again. Alot of times not rotating creates almost a louvered pattern in the tire from bieng on the front so long, the rears tend to square it up again. I wouldn't of left that for so long though to make me have to fix things, oh well, gonna cost you a set of tires sooner that's all.

 

Yes rotate them, but what air pressure are you using? What is the load range and max pressure of the tire? If the center of the tread is less worn than the outside edges, you have too low a pressure.

 

I wish I could rotate my tires.

 

I don't understand.

Do you ride a unicycle?

 

rotate and align the truck. assume normal maintance schedule from here on out.

Just like if you push an oil change a little long, you dont let the next one go longer, you just pick up where you left off, so to speak.

 

Cost of umounting, mounting, and RFbalancing every 3-5k miles to get x amount of mileage out of them is not better than just buying a new set.

Different offsets, front to back.

 

Thanks, guys.

I am having the rotation and balancing done on Saturday.

cheers.

 

This might not have happened had you gotten on here and posted more!

 

hmm.. unmounting and mounting them? Last I checked, all they do is re-balance them and swap their position. I move my fronts to the back, and cross the backs to the fronts. I bought mine from DiscountTire and they came with the lifetime spin balance and rotation warranty..

Btw, how much snow do you get in snow season? It's generally better to keep your better tires in the rear, for wet or icy weather, else you might increase your chances of losing control... then again if they still have 6/32-8/32, you should still be fine.

I'd go with Patman on this one, you might as well rotate and re-align your truck, it's better now than never.. and there's no sense in getting rid of some tires that still have some decent tread on them.

 

I think what he is saying is that he has wheels on the rear that are wider than the fronts or have different offsets like the Saleens. You can't do a normal rotaion, only swap sides.

 

ahh.. I see.. I misread.. I thought he was refering to the OP

 

Thank goodness, I have never done that! Yeah, sure.

 

Yeah. No kidding!

Something to do with two kids under 3 years old! The truck seemed a lot more important before the rugrats started popping out (out of the wife, that is).

I guess one could say the truck is more important than ever now, but...