Front wheel drive and tyre rotation
13 May 2006, 07:42 PM
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Front wheel drive and tyre rotation
Hi All,
If you get a new set of tyres is the general consensus that the better treaded tyres should go on the front on the rear?
My brother has just had two new ones fitted, there is now lower tread on the rear versus new tread on the front. When he was driving round a bend last night he lost control (back end spun out) mounted a kerb and bent his rear axel.
Comments appreciated.
If you get a new set of tyres is the general consensus that the better treaded tyres should go on the front on the rear?
My brother has just had two new ones fitted, there is now lower tread on the rear versus new tread on the front. When he was driving round a bend last night he lost control (back end spun out) mounted a kerb and bent his rear axel.
Comments appreciated.
13 May 2006, 07:57 PM
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I found out the hard way, well the embarrassing way. Put the best tyres on the rear or you'll oversteer out of the first roundabout you come to.
Which is exactly what I did when I put some new P6000s on the front and wanted to see how well they gripped on the first roundabout I came to
Suffice to say they went staight on the back after that
Which is exactly what I did when I put some new P6000s on the front and wanted to see how well they gripped on the first roundabout I came to
Suffice to say they went staight on the back after that
13 May 2006, 08:44 PM
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Quoted officially.........
As per this website: http://www.motorinsurance.co.uk/news/1067.html
Motor Insurance News - 06th January, 2006
Motor insurance firms warn on tyre rotation
Motor insurance companies have warned that the popular habit of installing new tyres to the front wheels rather than the back could be potentially disastrous.
Michelin has also said that using new tyres on the front of a vehicle and part worn at the back produces greater amounts of oversteer, and an increased chance that drivers will lose control.
Part-worn tyres are also more prone to punctures, Stephen Dolby of Michelin told Fleet NewsNet, and that this was more dangerous at the rear as the back of the car was more likely to swing out.
The same is true of emergency braking, said motor insurance companies.
Motor insurance firms warn on tyre rotation
Motor insurance companies have warned that the popular habit of installing new tyres to the front wheels rather than the back could be potentially disastrous.
Michelin has also said that using new tyres on the front of a vehicle and part worn at the back produces greater amounts of oversteer, and an increased chance that drivers will lose control.
Part-worn tyres are also more prone to punctures, Stephen Dolby of Michelin told Fleet NewsNet, and that this was more dangerous at the rear as the back of the car was more likely to swing out.
The same is true of emergency braking, said motor insurance companies.
13 May 2006, 08:55 PM
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the advice/warnings to put new tyres on the rear is to protect joe public in general who don't have a clue about car control. In their eyes nice safe understeer is preferable to oversteer.
IMHO in a FWD car it is preferable to have the better tyres on the front cos the front wheels do the majority of the work....
IMHO in a FWD car it is preferable to have the better tyres on the front cos the front wheels do the majority of the work....
13 May 2006, 10:27 PM
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Whether on the front or rear, new tyres need srubbing in. If I were fitting new tyres to my GFs Fiesta, they'd go on the rear. If it was my front wheel drive car, they'd go on the front. Finally, If I was running a tyrefitters I'd insist on them going on the rear in-line with current directives.
14 May 2006, 12:21 PM
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I assume FWD car?
Tell him not to buy a twitchy RWD car anytime soon, his skills need polishing up a bit
I've always kept the best tyres on the front of my FWD cars, on the RWD car I owned I had the best tyres stayed on the back. Simple really you want grip when putting power down.
Testing how well your new front tyres grip on a FWD car may result in the backend skipping out, if you don't know what to do when this happens then don't try it
Happened to me once or twice, I had a mondeo with some horrendously bad rear tyres
Tell him not to buy a twitchy RWD car anytime soon, his skills need polishing up a bit
I've always kept the best tyres on the front of my FWD cars, on the RWD car I owned I had the best tyres stayed on the back. Simple really you want grip when putting power down.
Testing how well your new front tyres grip on a FWD car may result in the backend skipping out, if you don't know what to do when this happens then don't try it
Happened to me once or twice, I had a mondeo with some horrendously bad rear tyres
14 May 2006, 06:09 PM
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Deeper tread on the rear is of great help in the wet on any car. You will never get oversteer generated from low tread on the front...
However it is summer and those fronts should scrub in quickly, but I would not advise more than 4mm difference between rear and front.
However it is summer and those fronts should scrub in quickly, but I would not advise more than 4mm difference between rear and front.
15 May 2006, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Big Col
IMHO in a FWD car it is preferable to have the better tyres on the front cos the front wheels do the majority of the work....
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