Is 10k miles too long for tire rotations?

[Nicasio]

I do 5k mi. OC intervals on all of our "actually driven" vehicles. Would doing tire rotations at every 10k mi. be ok?

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

I would say so but its a lot better than the very common no rotation.

 

[2010Civic]

I think it would be better to do it more often than not? Probably depends on how good your alignment is.

 

[WyrTwister]

Are the tires wearing OK ?

 

[Leo99]

I never rotate my tires so yes, 10k miles is fine. What are you hoping to accomplish by rotating the tires? If they wear evenly, what's the point of rotating them?

 

[atikovi]

Unless you have AWD there is little benefit to tire rotations if the tires are wearing evenly. Just replace them as they wear out.

 

[ls1mike]

I only rotate mine on the cars I do burnouts in.

Seriously I don't ever rotate mine and I always get close to the manufactures advertised tread ware

 

[zfasts03]

5000 great
7500 good
10,000 good enough, all 4 will still wear out together and can be replaced together.

 

[eljefino]

I rotate mine when I change from summer to winter and back again. Whatever the mileage is, it is.

 

[gathermewool]

I rotate my Subaru tires yearly. I swap winters for all-seasons. All tires are within 1/32"

 

[demarpaint]

My E-150 and Wrangler I do 5K tire rotations, the Liberty I do 10K tire rotations. That seems to be working well for me.

 

[anndel]

I do mine about every 5,000 miles, +/- a couple of thousand mile so 10k mi is ok.

 

[WishIhadatruck]

My FWD cars always wear the fronts faster and I prefer to keep all 4 worn about the same so I rotate. I find they stay quieter and wear better with rotations as well. Some of my cars wear the tires more irregularly and need 5k mike rotations to keep from wearing in a way that makes them noisy. My Cruze is very good on tires and I rotate every 10k miles. Depends on the car.

 

[Gebo]

You may get a little more noise doing a 10K rotation.

 

[Squirrelee]

Originally Posted by Leo99
I never rotate my tires so yes, 10k miles is fine. What are you hoping to accomplish by rotating the tires? If they wear evenly, what's the point of rotating them?


We rotate at 10K intervals on the truck, and drive it roughly 30K per year. The tires have always worn evenly (at least across the face of the tread), so I didn't rotate the factory tires at all - big mistake. The front tread ended up wearing down to 3/32 while the rears still had around 6/32. When I rotated them to try and even the wear out, the tire noise was just about unbearable

Now, I rotate religiously, and all four tires are ready to be replaced at the same time. If we didn't rack up mileage so quickly, I'd probably rotate at 5K.

 

[Revving2Redline]

I rotate and balance and done n2 when doing oci. My yokohama tires always exceed the mileage warranty unless I go into winter then I just buy new for peace of mind.

 

[Linctex]

Originally Posted by 2010Civic
Probably depends on how good your alignment is.


Bingo. I do mine every 20,000 - though I may even get away with "less often" because the wear rate is very good.

 

[Nicasio]

Thanks for all the responses. Our Armada is AWD. I'll do the rotations every 10k then.

 

[CONMCK]

The practice I have always followed is if they are wearing the same side to side I'll rotate them when either the front or rears are down to 50%. If they are wearing equally front to rear and side to side then why bother?? This strategy has been working well now for 40+ years.

 

[billt460]

That's when I rotated the tires on my Jeep. I couldn't see any uneven wear on any of them.