Re: Tire Rotation
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Re: Tire Rotation



I had been taught that the drive tires wear the fastest regardless of 
the car being front or rear wheel drive. The purpose of rotation as I 
understood it was to provide the drive tires with relief from the 
engine.

The DeLorean is not a very conventional car though and I have 
certainly not driven mine enough yet to see which ones wear out first 
so if you're experiencing more wear in your front tires I won't doubt 
you.

Back when you could get a car that had a full size spare, it was 
recommended to put the spare into the rotation as well to really 
extend the life of your tires.

I hate to say it, but tire rotation on a DeLorean is probably a non-
event.

Rich
#5335


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx> 
wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone had any opinions on tire rotation on the
> Delorean. The only way it could be accomplished would be to switch 
the
> front tires side to side and the rear tires side to side but I have
> never seen any manufacuterers recomend that type of a rotation
> pattern. In fact most do not recomend reversing the rotation of a 
tire
> once used which would happen if you did a side-to-side switch. On 
most
> cars I do a front to back switch and that makes a difference,
> spreading the wear out. The front tires seem to wear faster on the
> edges due to cornering/turning so getting them on the back makes the
> entire set wear more evenly. Since this is impossible on the 
Delorean
> I guess the fronts will wear out sooner than the back tires.
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757






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