Wheel Rotation

[high10]

Hi Guys,

Rav 4.3 2010 (that's the one with no spare and not runflats) and 18,500 miles is due a service soon.

Front tyres are just starting to show a little more wear than the rears. I understand this Rav has the "part-time" 4WD - the rears only driving on acceleration or if the fronts are losing grip. So it"s understandable the fronts doing most of the driving, most of the braking, all the steering and carrying the diesel lump should show signs of wear first !

The Owners Manual suggests switching the wheels around - front to rear on same side, and rear to front on opposite side.

Anyone got any thoughts on this ?

Thanks for any advice.

[Hoovie]

I personally like to switch the tyres around to even out the wear and also get to replace all four in one go later on.

Having said that, it IS recommended that the best tyres are on the rear, not the front, so a bit of a quandary there:)

[Guest]

I rightly or wrongly leave them as is until I replace the front two, the two new ones then go on the back and I move the old backs to the front.

Gus

[high10]

Thanks guys ... between you you've neatly summed up the dilemma !!!

[philip42h]

I rightly or wrongly leave them as is until I replace the front two, the two new ones then go on the back and I move the old backs to the front.

Gus

That way you get to replace just two tyres at a time (not all four) and always replace the older pair first.

[ The exception to the rule is for RAVs with BSR run flats - then carefully rotate the tyres to even out wear across all four and then get rid of the lot! ]

[jolly-friar]

I personally like to switch the tyres around to even out the wear and also get to replace all four in one go later on.

Having said that, it IS recommended that the best tyres are on the rear, not the front, so a bit of a quandary there:)

Like you Hoovie, "we" also rotate the tyres to wear them evenly..

Then, when they all have 3mm left, replace all four..

[DjRav]

Change all at 3mm!!?! Bit extravagent and a bit of a waste

I went INTO the winter before last (snowy year round here) with 3mm and it never put a foot wrong. Replaced them in the following summer.

Dave

[Hoovie]

Each to their own, but I personally would not be heading into the worst weather with under 3mm of tread!

[Cyker]

Yeah, I do that too; I find the tyres performance drops off a cliff in the rain and wet once you get past 3mm so tend to change it around that point.

That said, not so bad for me since Yaris 14" tyres are ~£50 :P