Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
I never have anyone else rotate my tires. It takes me all of about 30 minutes and I'm done. It takes as long or longer to drive somewhere to have it done. And then I still want to look at the work and re-torque at home anyway. Might as well just do it right once.
Some tire manufactures demand that you rotate your tires every 5-10k miles for tread life warranty, if you do it yourself how do you document the work ?
I have two thoughts, one of which has been covered by others here. First, if the tires are wearing evenly, it should be clear to whomever is inspecting them that the tires had been properly rotated. Second, I do document in my records when I do the work. I actually have started doing "work orders" for the stuff I do on my vehicles, and I staple all related receipts (for parts purchased, etc) to these work orders. It helps me keep all of my receipts together with the work done. Like an invoice you'd get at a shop, there is a separate area for "labor" and for "parts". So I can rotate tires, change the oil, install new swaybar links, and flush power steering fluid all on one "work order".
In the end, though, if that's not good enough for a tire warranty, I don't much care anyway. I usually get close to the rated mileage out of my tires. I might could force them into $10/tire or something as a pro-rate on the new one, but if it's too much trouble to convince someone, it's not worth my time anyway. If it comes down to it, I'd much rather give up even $100 in a future prorate to know that I rotated them myself and don't have to deal with missing lug nuts, stripped threads, tires not rotated how *I* want them rotated, etc.
As I mentioned earlier, it's also a huge time savings for me to rotate them myself. It's also frankly enjoyable for me to be out there. I'd much rather spend quality time in the garage than sitting in a waiting room looking through a window at someone ELSE working on my car.
