Rotation of Nitto Trail Grapplers- Learned my lesson the hard way!
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Well we took the JK on our wedding road trip of over 5000 miles. Once we got back I never got around to rotating my 35" Nitto Trail Grapplers. Well this past weekend I finally did and they had roughly 6000 miles on them since last rotation.
I told the shop to rotate them in X pattern. They did, and I got in the JK and headed home. Immediately I notice a loud humming sound I have never heard, hard top on and windows up. I roll down the window to hear this loud roar coming from the tires. It is louder than Mud Grapplers I have heard.
I am assuming that the wheels got flat on one side and they are now trying to flatten the other side out which is creating the loud roar. Since the day I rotated them the noise has gotten gradually quieter but NOWHERE near the sound the day I put them on.![naw](https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_naw.gif)
Moral of the story- make sure you rotate these tires with EVERY oil change...it makes a HUGE difference!
I told the shop to rotate them in X pattern. They did, and I got in the JK and headed home. Immediately I notice a loud humming sound I have never heard, hard top on and windows up. I roll down the window to hear this loud roar coming from the tires. It is louder than Mud Grapplers I have heard.
I am assuming that the wheels got flat on one side and they are now trying to flatten the other side out which is creating the loud roar. Since the day I rotated them the noise has gotten gradually quieter but NOWHERE near the sound the day I put them on.
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Moral of the story- make sure you rotate these tires with EVERY oil change...it makes a HUGE difference!
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Hey I just hit 3K on my Nitto's and thanks to you will be getting them rotated next week. I spent so much on these tires that i really hope that last for a while. Thanks for the heads up.
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other than this I LOVE these tires....!!!! I have about 14000 miles on mine and they look almost like new!!! We will see how many miles they get me though!
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Have never seen these tires on a JK, but would like to. They were really new tires when I had chosen my Duratracs. Maybe I'll see ya around DFW some time.
BTW, I notice a slight noise increase when I first rotate my tires as well, but it seems to go away.
BTW, I notice a slight noise increase when I first rotate my tires as well, but it seems to go away.
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Dont know if it would help but generally you move the rear tires to the front and cross the fronts to the rear. My BFG KM2 tires make a fair amount of noise for about 500 miles every time I rotate them so maybe yours will even out
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Thanks guys, your tire rotation helped a lot. I've had this truck for 24 years come September. It is a 1957 International F120 4x4 Factory. Used to run Goodyear Ranglers. Tire performance and updates over the years have been spectacular. I moved onto Dunlop All Terrain equivalent of Goodyear BFG All Terrain. Currently, I'm on my first set of Nitto Grappler All Terrain tires and I love them. The past three rotations have been front to rear. I went on Nitto's website and they recommended front to rear, rear crossed to fronts. Gonna give it a try. You little guys all have fun out there.