Originally Posted by billt460
Originally Posted by tony1679
Oh I've thought about it. It won't be reversed. You are completely misunderstood here.
OK, one more time. And I'm really trying to be polite here. When you criss cross rotate a tire, you reverse it's direction. For example, when you move a tire from the left front to the right rear, you change it's rotational direction from counter clockwise to clockwise. (Just visualize this in your head).
You are accomplishing the exact same thing if you flip it. Now, knowing and understanding that, please explain what you think is happening differently if you flip it?
The OP's tires can be safely criss cross rotated because they are non directional. Knowing that, once they are, the criss cross rotation has induced the same directional difference as if the tire was flipped. Follow? Use your coin example if it helps you.
You're too caught up on mixing
directional and
inside/outside and not focusing on why a tire is
asymmetric. Now that I know you understand outside will remain outside, let's go further into detail. A tire is asymmetric for a specific reason (the reason depends on the specific tire in question). Let's use this tire as an example, it's the second image under "asymmetrical tread":
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It's not about how the tire rolls forward or backward. This is not a
directional debate. The manufacturer designed the tread this way for a reason. Let's assume the reason is for cornering grip. The outer section of tread on the left side of that tire is far wider than the section of tread on the right side. If this tire is mounted on the LF of a vehicle and a hard right turn at high speed is made, I know I wouldn't want to have the right side of the tire on the outside face of the LF... And I get it, you're saying 'that exact same tire is on the RF and the wider section on that tire is on the RIGHT side.' The difference is a high speed right turn doesn't stress the RF wheel, therefore your argument is void. There is a reason manufacturers label inside and outside on asymmetrical tread designs. They don't do it for giggles. Don't you think they would save a few pennies and not form those words into the tire if it didn't matter? That argument is like saying 5W-30 and 30W-5 is the same...