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Summary: Rotate car tires by crossing the front two and moving those wheels to the back while bringing back wheels to the front. Switch tires around with tips from an automotive repair specialist in this free video on car tires.
Kirby Witt has been involved in the auto industry as far back as he can remember. His grandfather had a Mobil Service Station for 60 years. When he was 14 years old he started learning...read more
"Okay, now we have all four tires and wheels on the ground, so what we're going to do is rotate them. Since the front wheels are the driving wheels that actually pull the car, what we want to do is cross the front two and move them to the back. So we want our driver side wheel to switch to the passenger side rear wheel, and we're going to want the passenger side front wheel to go back to the driver side rear wheel. And then the rear wheels, we're just going to bring forward, so this rear wheel is going to be on the front up here. The rear wheel on the passenger side is going to move forward to the passenger side front over there. So the easiest way to do this is swap these tires first. Then after we do that, all we have to do is switch the front from the back."
eHow Article: Car Tire Rotation: Rotate Wheels