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Old 04-14-2011, 01:08 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JethroBodine View Post
Agree with previous posts about alignments.

As to reversing the rotation of directional tires, just have the tires that get crossed, dismounted and flipped around on the rim( and rebalanced, obviously) if the wear hasn't got to the wear bars. This will get the tires on the other side of the car, but maintain rotation.
I did that already a while ago to help with the inside edge wear and it has helped. The wear I'm getting now is more that the lugs are getting wedge shaped. It's like toe in wear except the feather edge is radial , not lateral across the tire.
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