Dually tire rotation??
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Dually tire rotation??
Just got back from having 6 brand new 23585R16E BF Goodrich Commercial T/As put on my LATE '99 F350 CC Dually.
I was kind of wondering how a dually is rotated properly and how often mileage wise-haven't looked in my manual yet, but the folks at Sam's said something about having to dismount the rear inner tires each rotation because they are on STEEL wheels while the other 4 are factory aluminum.
I am assuming that 2 of the tires on aluminum wheels will need to be dismounted as well.
Back about 15 years ago a friend had a GM Dually with all steel wheels and he told me of a pretty neat tire rotation sequence but that was then and this is now.
Recomendations??? for when the time comes?? Thanks!!
I was kind of wondering how a dually is rotated properly and how often mileage wise-haven't looked in my manual yet, but the folks at Sam's said something about having to dismount the rear inner tires each rotation because they are on STEEL wheels while the other 4 are factory aluminum.
I am assuming that 2 of the tires on aluminum wheels will need to be dismounted as well.
Back about 15 years ago a friend had a GM Dually with all steel wheels and he told me of a pretty neat tire rotation sequence but that was then and this is now.
Recomendations??? for when the time comes?? Thanks!!
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Originally Posted by rbaker6336
yea you have to dismount 4 tires
I don't bother rotating and get good milage
I either buy 2 for front or 4 for back and let them take care of them selves
I don't bother rotating and get good milage
I either buy 2 for front or 4 for back and let them take care of them selves
You would have to dismount 4 tires,as the back of the rims on the dually is not polished.So the front rims stay in the front and the rear rims stay in the rear.
I just move my fronts from one side to the other.
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Originally Posted by clintbonnie
Just had mine rotated by Discount Tire where I bought them...They claim free rotation, but not on duallys.. $55 to dismount and rotate 4 of them..
wonder if I should rotate got 68k on rear uniroyals
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Rotation sequence
My mechanic that just put new tires on my dually told me that (if I remember correctly last year) the inside rears wear out faster because that might be where the most weight is carried..I tow a 9500# fiver......The fronts on mine were the ones I DIDN'T replace, so we put them on the inside rear. The matched set are new front and outside rear. I think the inside rear would wear out faster and since they are not new, will be gone first. We will probably take the fronts again and put them on the inside, but if you were to replace all 6 at once, I would suspect the same sequence...front to inside rear as the insides wear, or possibly inside rear to outside rear. Eitherway I would suspect that you will have some pair wear out sooner than the rest just because of the weights....unless you don't carry much weight. If I remember correctly though, I believe he said that the inside rears wear faster.....just my old non remembering 2 cents worth.... 
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With your aluminum/steel combo, all you would normally do is a side to side rotate. with my all steel setup it goes like this: fronts cross and go to inside duals position, inside duals move to outside, outside duals move to front
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If you put a larger diameter tire beside a smaller diameter tire, then the large tire will be supporting the weight mostly, and the smaller tire will drastically increase wear, as it's being drug a few inches every mile... Take the difference in circumference of the two tires, and that is how many inches the tire drags every rotation. Then you can imagine how fast it is gone after a few thousand loaded miles.
