08medic4x4
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I would assume it's just front to back, is this correct? thanks in advance for any input.
rotating Duratrac's?
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Duratracs or any other non-directional tire.
Toyota says front to back (which I interpret as a conservative approach harkening back to the early days of radials). Tire companies recommend some form of cross rotation for 4WD but they also say to consult the manual. You'll get the best wear with a cross rotation.
Toyota says front to back (which I interpret as a conservative approach harkening back to the early days of radials). Tire companies recommend some form of cross rotation for 4WD but they also say to consult the manual. You'll get the best wear with a cross rotation.
Five Tire Rotation Pattern:
The 4th generation 4Runner comes equipped with a full size spare tire mounted on a matching full size aluminum alloy wheel. I have upgraded the spare tire as well to a 32" Bridgestone A/T Revo tire. The one inch larger than factory P265/70/R17 tire does fit in the stock spare location.
A Five tire rotation pattern results in equally distributed use that will help maintain equivalent tread depths on all five tires throughout their life. When applied to the 4Runners full time four wheel drive system (all wheel drive is standard with the V-8 engine option), this will prevent driveline damage if a flat tire forces a spare to be put into service with partially worn tires on the other three wheel positions.
By rotating the spare into the pattern, you accomplish a secondard benefit of extending the other tires life a little longer and getting useage out of the spare. Remember, tires have a shelf life and do dry out after many years. You may as well get some use out of the spare rather than discarding it unused when your main four tires wear out.
I have chosen to rotate my tires every 5,000 miles using the pattern shown below. The spare will be inserted in the passenger side rear position at each rotation. Place the tire that would have gone to the right rear in the spare location until the next tire rotation.
Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revo with UNI-T AQII P265/70/R17
2007 Toyota 4Runner Sport Edition Tire Upgrade
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08medic4x4
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thank you both for the indepth explinations, although I didn't get the spare, so that's out of the question, haha
FWIW, I have ONLY rotated front to back, as recommended in the Toyota owners manual, and my Bridgestone Duelers have 70K on them. still have 1/2" of tread depth as well on the edges. Even wear. Rotated every 10K. Towed 10K miles with 6000 lb boat. The key, imho, is tire pressures. I check mine religiously twice a week. I run MAX psi.
