Subadozer Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 I'm planning ahead here as I just bought new winter tires that are have an asymmetrical tread pattern (they are not directional rotation). At first I thought that they weren't mounted correctly because the tread direction will be different on each side. Research indicated that the tires are designed this way and that the critical thing is that the asymmetrical part of the tread is to be mounted to the outside, which they are. However, because of the difference in direction of rotation of the tread pattern I'm wondering if I should switch from my normal front to rear rotation to one of the cross rotation methods. Rotation patterns are illustrated at http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=43 and it looks like A or B would be possibly correct for an AWD. As I see it, using A is similar to my current method but means only 2 tires will be switching sides each time and after 4 rotations each tire will have run in each position. The B method will switch sides each time for all tires but like the front to back method the tires will only run in one of 2 positions. Considering that these will only be on for about 4-5 months each year is there any advantage of one over the other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Capacity Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 As long as the outside of the tire stays on the outside, to quote a famous person, "what's does it matter". LOL not that I'd ever vote for her! I just put rotate my snows once a year, I pick the ones with the most tread and put them on the front. each Dec. I take them off in late Mar or early April. 305,600miles 5/2012 ej257 short block, 8/2011 installed VF52 turbo, @20.8psi, 280whp, 300ftlbs. (SOLD). CHECK your oil, these cars use it. Engine Build - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybridandy Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 I use A when I rotate non-directional tires on my Legacy (flip the front to the other side rear and just move the rear forward on the same side). My Subaru is a lot harder on it's front tires than the rear (based on wear patterns) so I figured give the fronts a break and rotate them the other direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I have asym track tires, and rotate them to always be on outside (x pattern). Which seems to help wear pattern the most Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subadozer Posted November 10, 2013 Author Share Posted November 10, 2013 Today I asked my friend who works at a Subaru dealership if he knew the best rotation scheme for the non-directional asymmetrical tires (he's only been working doing tires etc. for a couple weeks). He said that the Subaru manual says to cross the rears to the opposite side front and move the fronts to the rear without crossing. This is method C on the Tire Rack web site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 there's another option, but it requires dismounting. I do this for track tires (left to right with dismount which puts cambered side on outside). for snows, MaxCapacity said it best though, always put the most tread on the front. :-) Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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