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unit731 Senior Enthusiast

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When (at what miles) do you rotate tires?

 

Do you have the tires rebalanced or not rebalanced?

 

How often do you get an alignment? Is it miles on odometer or certain number of years?

WFO Enthusiast

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I rotate every 5000 miles. Never rebalanced. And get a alignment when I get new tires (unless I'm getting tread wear) I do not take my truck off road much so it seems to stay aligned.

sillyazz Enthusiast

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I rotate every other oil change (6000miles). Rebalance if it feel like it needs it. Alignment with new tires unless it acts like its out of alignment (sterring wheel not straight, drifting to one side or funny tire wear).

Raymond Lowe Enthusiast

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Unless you smoke a curb or do some nasty off-roading, GM's usually hold their alignment pretty well. When you rotate your tires, check the fronts for unusual patterns. Rub your palm side to side and front to back on the top of the tire. If you feel any sharp edges in one direction, you could have abnormal wear which may require the alignment get checked. The steering wheel is also a good indicator of a problem developing. I would be watchful for pitman and idler arm wear if it takes too much correction effort to hold a lane. The newer trucks have R&P and hopefully less problems with steering components wearing out.

 

Tire rotation varies with use. 6-8,000 miles is fine with normal use. Diesels and trucks that tow should be less. Seems to me that the owners manual covers all this. What better authority?

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

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I rotate every other oil change (every 10,000 miles), Rebalance only if I feel any vibration, and never had an alignment done on anything unless I did suspension work on it like lifting or lowering... Never had any tire wear issues. GM is pretty darn good in the alignment department. I must admit I am not one of those "nuts" that lets go of the wheel going down the road to see if it drifts 2 inches in a mile.

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

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Opps! I forgot to ask how tires are rotated. Is it always front to back?

I do front to back on mine. Seems to work really well. Not sure what the actual recommendation is but I get good tire wear and mileage that way.

hubbycap Senior Enthusiast

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Opps! I forgot to ask how tires are rotated. Is it always front to back?

I do front to back on mine. Seems to work really well. Not sure what the actual recommendation is but I get good tire wear and mileage that way.

 

 

 

Do you then discard the rears? :thumbs: Jus' kiddin'. I cross the fronts (LF to RR etc.) as they are moved to the rear and the rears are then brought straight forward. If there is a slight feather or scallop on the fronts, the wear direction is reversed on every other rotation.

unit731 Senior Enthusiast

unit731

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This is how I do it

 

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Darn good looking truck. How do you like the 4.8 with extened cab?

 

Thanks for the diagram. I need this as I have two right hands. I know, as people always tell me to use my "other" right hand !

todoubled05 Enthusiast

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i rotate mine every 8k miles, my father and grandfater tell me not to rotate the tires at all. when i asked them why they replyed you want to buy all 4 tires at once? or just replace the ones that are bad?

 

when one goes bad puts the spare on, replace the spare, and repeat.. but it would seem like ths would greatly affect your preformace (mpg)

 

 

but when i get mine done, ALWAYS front to back never cross, cross treads messes up the tires pretty bad.. but i got a 2wd and not to sure how the 4x4's work.

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