Who Rotates 5 Tires?

[SoCal JLUS]

5! Did it myself.

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[CarbonSteel]

All 5. Why let a perfectly good tire dry rot on the spare tire carrier?

 

[Capricorn]

My Jeep dealership does 5 tire rotation every oil change. Most dealerships only do 4.

 

[Jeepiner]

1. (Most importantly IMO) A 4 tire rotation requires a lift or jack stands as 2 tires need to be removed at the same time. A 5 tire rotation can be done by only jacking one wheel at a time.
   1. Start by removing the spare.
   2. Start changing tires one at a time. Go up the passenger side then driver.
      1. Spare to Passenger Rear
      2. Passenger Rear to Passenger Front
      3. Passenger Front to Driver Rear
      4. Driver Rear to Driver Front
   3. The Driver Front tire becomes the spare.

Is there a method to the madness for rotating in a counter-clockwise fashion; personal preference? My engrained sense of rotational theory only allows me to rotate clockwise lol

 

[Reinen]

Are you an OCD engineer like me? Love this!

IT Engineer and my brother owns a well known Corvette shop (which I will not name drop) so I've been exposed to the automotive engineering thought process.

Does that count?

 

[smokeythecat]

Are you an OCD engineer like me?

I had no idea there was an OCD degree in engineering!

 

[Initial-Jeep]

1. Spare -> Passenger rear
2. Passenger rear -> Driver front
3. Driver front -> Driver rear
4. Driver rear -> Passenger front
5. Passenger front -> Spare

Unless they're directional tires, you want to cross sides for more even wear

 

[BullMoose1776]

All 5, yes. Because why have a full size spare on a matching wheel just hanging around?

Put it in the rotation and, ideally get 20-25% greater tread life than with just 4 tires.

 

[Reinen]

Is there a method to the madness for rotating in a counter-clockwise fashion; personal preference? My engrained sense of rotational theory only allows me to rotate clockwise lol

I do counter-clockwise simply because when you open the tailgate, the spare is closest to passenger rear. Start there & go up that side! It's just really easy for me to remember that way.

It doesn't matter clockwise or counter-clockwise, do what works for you. As long as you do it the same way every time.

 

[Reinen]

1. Spare -> Passenger rear
2. Passenger rear -> Driver front
3. Driver front -> Driver rear
4. Driver rear -> Passenger front
5. Passenger front -> Spare

Unless they're directional tires, you want to cross sides for more even wear

Well, yeah. But directional tires aren't commonly used on Jeeps and you need a tire shop to flip the tire around if you switch sides. So you're probably having them do the tire rotation as well.

 

[cornercanyon]

Five.

Spare to passenger rear;
passenger rear to passenger front;
passenger front to driver rear;
driver rear to driver front;
driver front to spare.

Crossed tires always front to rear.

Our local does 5 tire when asked—

 

[Jhawth]

5 as well for me. It makes it easier to rotate, and keeps the tread even with the rest of the tires. Also gets you more milage out of your tires!

 

[Bulldog4xFour]

Dude its like $400 a tire now, its crazy not to rotate your spare in. I got my geolanders for $280 a piece and thought that was a great deal. You gotta love the facebook marketplace adds for spare Toyos, and Nittos never used, just sat and baked in the sun.

 

[TJJL19]

I have stock tires,, with 17,000 mile on my Jeep. At 10,000 I did 5 tire rotate.
I had the Jeep wave oil and tire rotate freebee, it cost me twenty bucks to get the five tire rotate,
One tire got a screw, close to the sidewall, so the tire store would not patch it, so my son put a plug in it and no more five tire rotate, it is, just a get me home, spare,

 

[jmj8355]

Ok ill bite. 4! I put about 20k a year on my jeep. When it comes time for new tires i put the spare in use as a new tire and only have to buy 4 tires rather than 5. Obviously only if your buying same tires.

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