How Often to Rotate Tires
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When you’re planning to walk a lot, like going on a hike, you wouldn’t put on those ratty old tennis shoes you threw in the back of the closet. Of course, you wouldn’t. You’d find shoes that are suitable for the adventure. The same is true of your tires.
While you don’t need to get a new set of tires every time you start driving, the best way you can keep your tires in undamaged shape is to rotate them regularly. But how often should you be rotating your tires, you may ask? Well, the team at Walker Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram is here to answer that question in more detail in our quick guide.
If you’re in the Hurricane, Charleston, and Huntington, WV, areas, read on to learn how often to rotate tires.
How Often You Should Rotate Your Tires
How often you should rotate your tires depends on what kind of drivetrain you have. “Drivetrain” refers to what wheels your transmission routes power to.
There are 2-wheel drives, which can either route power to the front wheels (FWD) or the rear wheels (RWD). There are also all-wheel drives (AWD), which send power to both the front and rear axles as needed and 4-wheel drives (4x4), which send power to all wheels individually.
If your car, truck, or SUV has FWD or RWD, you should rotate your tires every 5,000 to 7,500 miles. If your vehicle has AWD or 4x4, you’ll need to rotate your tires more often, roughly every 3,000 to 5,000 miles.
Importance of Rotating Your Tires
If you’ve ever looked closely at your tires, you’ll notice grooves around the circumference of the tire. These are your tire treads. They help you grip the road and get traction in slippery terrain and over the course of everyday driving will wear down and become smooth. Smooth tires have less traction and are more prone to things like hydroplaning.
If you don’t rotate your tires regularly, your tires will wear in the same place and get smoother faster. Rotating your tires helps to wear the tread evenly, making your tires last longer. It also helps to keep your drivers safer by upkeeping the tread.
How a Tire Rotation Works
There are several ways to rotate your tires, but the most common is the rearward cross configuration. This involves the front driver’s side tire being moved to the rear passenger’s side, and the same is done with the front passenger to the rear driver’s side. The rear tires are both brought forward to the same sides.
As you might expect, the rear of your vehicle and the front of your vehicle bear different amounts of weight, so the tires will naturally wear unevenly. Moving the tires around helps to account for that and keep you safe on the road with evenly worn tread.
Visit Us When You’re Ready to Rotate Your Tires
If you’ve been thinking about how often to rotate your tires, we hope that our guide helped answer your questions. The team at Walker CDJR is here to help keep all our friends in the Hurricane, Charleston, and Huntington, West Virginia, areas, safe on the road.
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