Tire Rotations

An important part of your cars maintenance which is commonly overlooked is rotating your tires

. Failing to rotate your tires can bring some bad consequences, especially with vehicles with all wheel drive, traction control, and anti-lock brakes. You can save yourself some money by rotating the tires yourself instead of taking a trip to your Utah auto repair shop.

There are many different ways to rotate your tires, in this article I will teach you how to do the modified X. Every tire takes a turn being at every wheel location on your car with the modified X. The trick will be to remember to do it when your manufacturer recommends you do it.

If you have tires that need to be oriented in a certain way, such as rain tires, the modified X will not work. Below I will explain how to perform the modified X on a front wheel drive vehicle. For rear wheel drive vehicles cross the back wheels as you bring them into the front and bring the front wheel straight back.

Grab your jack, lug nut wrench, and spare tire. Loosen the lug nuts on the front driver's side wheel. Jack up the vehicle and take the tire off replacing it with the spare. Hand screw the lug nuts at first so you can be sure not to cross thread them, snug them up but you do not need to tighten the lug nuts all the way unless you will be moving your vehicle.

Exchange the tire you just took off with the rear passenger tire. In like manner, loosen the lug nuts, raise the vehicle, take the tire off, replace the tire, finger tighten the lug nuts, lower the vehicle, and finish tightening the lug nuts. Take the rear passenger tire and put it on the front passenger tire.

Take the front passenger tire and change it with the rear driver's tire. Take the rear driver's tire and change it with the spare tire (front driver side). Now is also a good time to check your tire pressure.

And finally, use a torque wrench to be sure the lug nuts are tight. An inexpensive torque wrench will do the job. Call your dealer, Utah auto repair shop, or look on the internet for the correct setting for your vehicle. If you can't find it, 90 foot pounds is a good number.

If you want to speed the process up a floor jack would definitely help. If you want to be as fast as your Utah auto repair company, your next step would be to purchase an air compressor and a good impact wrench. But you may need to watch out as your neighbors may be coming to you instead of their Utah auto repair garage.

by: Stephan Marking

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