<VV> tire rotation--Chevy's recommended and then and now

[J R Read]

Since we now have directional tread on some tires, those have to be kept on 
the correct side in order NOT to be running "backward".
Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harry Smith" <harrysmith1957 at gmail.com>
To: "Bill & Chris Strickland" <lechevrier at q.com>
Cc: "Virtual Vairs" <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> tire rotation--Chevy's recommended and then and now


> As a youngster working in a "service station" (remember those?) all the 
> old
> timers insisted we rotate the tires with every oil change cross the fronts
> to the rear and move the rears straight up to the front, we also did a 
> tune
> up every 10 - 12,000 miles too. I continued that when I started in a tire
> store and it was recommended that way by the tire manufacturer. Until the
> early radials came out, anybody recall the Firestone 500 tires? They not
> only pulled, they came apart! Since then I have always rotated front to
> back same side.
> Harry Smith
> 1963 Rampside
> Coral Springs, FL
>
> "THERE IS NO TRY,
> THERE IS ONLY DO
> OR DO NOT"
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