From: Steve & Jeanne Keith (cckw@attbi.com)
Date: Mon Jan 20 2003 - 10:07:13 PST
On a 10 or even 6 wheeled deuce, I recommend against tire rotation.
The back end is in all wheel drive ALL the time.
The front tires will last ~4,000 miles. The rears about 30,000 miles.
If you start mixing tires of different diameters, you will start to cause
binding in the powertrain. This is undesireable and some manuals recommend
that the tires be within 1/4 circumfrence of each other.
Swap the front tires from side to side or have them dismounted and reversed.
Keep replacing the front tires as necessary and keep the back as a matched
set
Steve AKA Dr Deuce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Markeson, Keith" <kmarkeso@chartermi.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Tire Wear
> I have had this same wear pattern (feathering) on pretty
> much every four wheel drive truck that I have owned ('82
> GMC, '94 GMC, '99 Toyota, and '03 Dodge.) When I ask shops
> about it they say that it is normal and I just need to
> rotate my tires more often. Granted rotating tires on
> something with four wheels is a heck of a-lot easier that
> on something with 10. But, that is probably all you need
> to do.
>
> Keith Markeson
> 1971 M35A2
> 1953 M105A1
>
> P.S. I have to rotate tires on my '99 Toyota Tacoma every
> 3,000 miles to keep them from feathering too bad.
>
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