directional tires?

[JimmyXR7]

I bought my Marauder at 28,609 miles with new rear tires.
By 50,000 miles my passenger rear tire was bald with the driver's side with some tread left. So new rear tires.
Now at 70,000 miles the same thing.

Question: Can I rotate my rear tires from side to side with about 10,000 miles on them without any problems?
It should even out the tire wear some, but I do not know if it effects the internal steel or nylon cords. The tires are the OEM BFGoodrich g-force KDWS
Jim

[SC Cheesehead]

I bought my Marauder at 28,609 miles with new rear tires.
By 50,000 miles my passenger rear tire was bald with the driver's side with some tread left. So new rear tires.
Now at 70,000 miles the same thing.

Question: Can I rotate my rear tires from side to side with about 10,000 miles on them without any problems?
It should even out the tire wear some, but I do not know if it effects the internal steel or nylon cords. The tires are the OEM BFGoodrich g-force KDWS
Jim

If you got 20K out of your OEMs, congrats.

Did they wear out in the centers?

[fastblackmerc]

If there is nothing on the sidewalls that say "ROTATION" with an arrow then you can rotate them from side to side.

[JimmyXR7]

If you got 20K out of your OEMs, congrats.

Did they wear out in the centers?

I increased the tire pressure in the front and decreased the pressure on the rear from recommended. I usually run solo with nothing in the trunk so the reduced pressure should increase the traction at the rear. The increased pressure at the front should wear the centers more. the Decreased pressure at the rear should decrease the wear in the center.

The front wear at the corners and the rear passenger tire is bald at the center tread only, just like everyone else has experienced.

I believe 20,000 miles is good wear and I regularly run WOT.
Jim

[JimmyXR7]

If there is nothing on the sidewalls that say "ROTATION" with an arrow then you can rotate them from side to side.

Thanks, The Tire rack site indicated the "ROTATION" with arrow was because of directional tread which the KDWS do not have.

But the internals to the tire might be different. A tire manufacturer guy might know the internal lay up of the steel and nylon cords and if it is OK to switch in mid-life. I do not want a Firestone type blow-out to ruin my Marauder.
Jim

[Bluerauder]

I increased the tire pressure in the front and decreased the pressure on the rear from recommended. The increased pressure at the front should wear the centers more. the Decreased pressure at the rear should decrease the wear in the center.
Jim

This ^^^^^^ HAS NOT been the experience here. Uneven front wear on the edges (especially insides) is primarily due to alignment issues. With a proper alignment and the recommended 35 PSI, the tires should wear evenly across the full width of the tire.

Center wear on the rears has been reduced somewhat by INCEASING pressures in the rear. I am running 38 PSI rear .... some have gone to 40 PSI.

We know that this is completely opposite to conventional wisdom on tire pressures ..... but on our rear tires increased presure seems to reduce center wear somewhat. From my experience, 20K on the rears is about the norm. Others are getting less.

[JimmyXR7]

This ^^^^^^ HAS NOT been the experience here. Uneven front wear on the edges (especially insides) is primarily due to alignment issues. With a proper alignment and the recommended 35 PSI, the tires should wear evenly across the full width of the tire.

Center wear on the rears has been reduced somewhat by INCEASING pressures in the rear. I am running 38 PSI rear .... some have gone to 40 PSI.

We know that this is completely opposite to conventional wisdom on tire pressures ..... but on our rear tires increased presure seems to reduce center wear somewhat. From my experience, 20K on the rears is about the norm. Others are getting less.

With the sidewall stiffeners used in the g-force that could be true!

But the front wearing at the corners is due to how I drive the Marauder.
My father passed away and I bought his Ranger pick-up for my son. I was driving the Ranger to work last week and I remember thinking I better slow down for the corner as it was not the Marauder. Back in the 55 MPH days a friend called me 55 MPH Jim as I rode my motorcycle at 55 on the straights and 55 at the turns.

One weeknight I was leaving the Saddle Rack Bar and I took the 35 MPH corner on Hiway 280 to 17 north at 55 and the car behind me went into the dust off of the road. When he zoomed by me on Hiway 17, I saw it was a highway patrol car. Apparently he was following me home from the bar. He was pissed.
Jim