Searched an old thread about rotating tires but not many people responded.
Manual says cross them but a few people moved them front to back.

 

I always go same side front to back since a nasty incident waaaayy back with 2 grand worth of front tires.

Back then if you rotated side to side, you got bubbles in the tread from cord failures, and I haven't had the nerve to experiment since.

Tire manufacturers say they fixed that problem, so see what the MFG web site reccommends.

 

You can rotate them either way, I don't think it matters to much. But for maxium effect the guy I buy my tires from recommends alternating between crossover and up and back, which is what I do and have never had any problems.

 

I always move the rears straight up and criscross the front to the rear.

 

I use "forward cross", meaning the fronts go to the same-side rear, while the rears go to the opposite side's front. Old habits....

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I agree with slc10844. The reason I do this particular rotation is the front tires will tend to feather on the outside edges. This is usually caused by the front tires only seeing braking. The rear tires see both acceleration and braking. Therefore, when you criss cross the front to the back, you will tend to level out the feathering to extend tread life. I move the even wear rears straight to the front. Even if the rear is not completely even, the tire is now backwards rotation than last time it was on the front, so it will still tend to level the wear.

Just my .02

 

I have a dually with the aluminum wheels, so my tires don't get rotated. The last set I just replaced after 61k. On our car it has directional tires (2005 Mustang) so you basically have to just go front to rear, same side.

 

i just rotated my tires when my truck was on the lift. the rear tires went straight up, and the fronts went back and crossed.

 

I just rotated mine and did it just lik Springer. It was what was recommended from the tire shop.