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Old 06 May 2004, 01:09 pm
Slade
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Default BETTER TIRES IN FRONT???

I have 4 tires on my car that have worn unevenly and I'd like them to last
at least the next 6 months. Problem is 2 of them are pretty worn and I was
told by one place that they wouldn't last me the summer and another place
that they would if I put the more worn tires on the back. I had them take
off my winter tires and they put these on but they put the more worn tires
in the front saying that all the weight is in the front so it's better to
have the tires with more thread in the back to avoid fish tailing. The guy I
spoke to before this one told me it was better to have the more worn tires
in the back so they would last longer. Anyone know what the proper thing to
do is? I'd like to avoid a blow out so should I put the more worn tires in
the back instead of where they are now. I'd say there's about 5 or 6mm of
thread left.

Can anyone tell me what could cause uneven wear? I do tire rotations at
every 12-15,000 KM. I usually do it every 3rd oil change. Could it be
because I never had an alignment done? The car is 7 years old and I've never
had any problems with pulling to one side or anything like that. The tires
that have uneven wear were put on at 63,000 km and now I have 112,000 km.
Take away 5,000 km from that because I put winter tires for the first time
last year. So I haven't even put 50,000 km and they need to be replaced??
These are decent GOODYEAR WEATHERHANDLER tires and not cheap 50 dollar ones
so I can't figure this out. One of the worn tires is more worn in the middle
then it is on the sides and the mechanic told me it's because I put too much
air. I always put 32psi which is what he said I had to put. I usually check
my air pressure once a month but during past winters it was hard to do
especially with -30C weather. Anyone else have problems with Goodyear tires?
I have a 97 Civic by the way.

Thanks in advance.


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