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Old 05-07-2007, 04:14 PM
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As stang pointed out you can't just rotate the outside rim to the front and visia versa. There polished on opposite sides.
My expiece with the last two duallies I had was that I would rotate the tires every 15K. The front would start to cup around this time. I would have the tires dismounted from the rims. Rotate the front to the back inside dual> Inside dual to the outside dual > outside dual to the front. BY the time the front tire had been through three rotation cycles the cupping issue had been flattend back out. I was able to run a set of six tires for about 70K miles before I had to replace them.
 
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Old 05-07-2007, 04:37 PM
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wow 70k

Originally Posted by 1968gtcs
As stang pointed out you can't just rotate the outside rim to the front and visia versa. There polished on opposite sides.
My expiece with the last two duallies I had was that I would rotate the tires every 15K. The front would start to cup around this time. I would have the tires dismounted from the rims. Rotate the front to the back inside dual> Inside dual to the outside dual > outside dual to the front. BY the time the front tire had been through three rotation cycles the cupping issue had been flattend back out. I was able to run a set of six tires for about 70K miles before I had to replace them.
Wow 70,000 miles not kilometers right? that is great mileage for such a big truck, especially towing some with it too. Maybe you ran in the rain a lot so they would not wear, lol.
 
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Old 05-07-2007, 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by firehawk198
Wow 70,000 miles not kilometers right? that is great mileage for such a big truck, especially towing some with it too. Maybe you ran in the rain a lot so they would not wear, lol.
Most of the milage was unloaded. The tires were really close to racing slicks when I got done. Wanted to get my money's worth out of them.

Another method is to rotate the tires in pairs.
Take say the left side duals and switch them with the front tires, next time you rotate use the right side duals and rotate with the front. This way you are only have to break down 4 tires at a time rather than 6.
 
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Old 05-07-2007, 08:08 PM
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Congrats on the truck being in im sure your glad it s here
 
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On the Rickson and other aluminum wheels i have had on my DRW they where polished on both sides.
 

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its just a shame they dont give all 6 rims made out of the same material. and the spare will be steel not allum. so 3 out of 7 are steel.
 
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its just a shame they dont give all 6 rims made out of the same material. and the spare will be steel not allum. so 3 out of 7 are steel.
They did have an option that had 6 alcoa rims. It was the Lariat LS. It was also the first option that you could get quad captians chairs. It was black with several stripes.
I think the stripes were gold, silver, and maybe a red pin stripe. It also had a factory Sun viser.
 




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