JK-Ford

Make sure that you use a proper rotation pattern. And go by that same pattern every time you do your rotation. I do my rotations at every oil change ( at home also ).

Sahara_Maverick

Same here. Have more than one set and when exchanging them I simply rotate at the same time. Never had any problems.

There are two ways of balancing the tires, as far as I know. One is by itself (most common?) and another is assembled on the axis (not so common and I believe more suitable for high performance = speed). The second may create problems when rotating.

As an example, the set I am running now was mounted by Discount Tires and I simply took them home and mounted on my Jeep. No issues whatsoever.

Vincent

yep, i changed my oil last week and was wondering about rotating tires but thought, naaa...i better not....but now, i'm for sure gonna try it out!

Vincent

Do you do the "X" pattern?

blockrockin

same with me.. never had a issue... Ive been rotating my own tires for years ... the problem is not rotating your own tires.. it is just making sure they are balanced..

CerOf

Here is the link to a sponsors website with the above item: http://www.4wd.com/search.aspx?kw=Centramatic

I am curious as to how well the work.

JK-Ford

I do a 5 tire rotation. I use this method to make sure that my spare is capable of being used as a running tire if necessary. With 4WD vehicles, and newer vehicles with TCS, you need to be careful mixing tires of different size. Even mixing a new tire with three wore out tires could cause a problem.

Vincent

Sweet! I have a spare of equivalent size just different brand, just to limp off the trail or to the next service center if needed. So, I will be doing the 4 in the "X" pattern this time.

NativeMsSon

I agree. Been doing it myself for years. Never had problem with needing to get them rebalanced.

Edit: I have always went front to back on same side. Always got good life out of tires.

aermotor

If you have stock tires it's not an issue. Like I said, I have 35s. If you're running 35s and up (not sure about 33s), you will most likely throw/lose multiple weights between rotations. This can then cause some nasty front end shaking/shimmy if you put one or two improperly balanced tires in the front.

At least be aware of it.