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How to Fix Tire Wear
- 1). Rotate your tires every 6,000 miles or more often if you drive over rougher roads. Rotating your tires will keep treadwear even across the four wheels.
- 2). Check your tires for uneven wear every time you fill up the vehicle. Walk around your vehicle while the fuel tank is filling and feel the tires. Look for bumps, bulges or bald spots on the side walls and tread of the tire. Consult a professional should you notice any damage to a tire no matter how slight the damage is.
- 3). Repair the cause of the uneven tread. One tire that is rough or bald in places indicates a suspension or alignment issue. Repair the aspect of the vehicle identified as faulty by the professional as soon as possible. Ignoring the issue causes further damage to the tires and vehicle.
- 4). Rotate the tire out of its current position. If you have a full-size spare, rotate the tires in a five-wheel manner. The rear wheels go to the front of the vehicle, remaining on the same side from which they came, the driver's wheel goes to the spare location, the spare tire goes to the passenger rear location and the passenger front goes to the driver rear location. Otherwise, do a four-wheel rotation where the back wheels go to the front of the vehicle, the driver's front goes to the passenger's rear location and the passenger's front goes to the driver's rear location.
- 5). Raise the vehicle off of the ground one wheel at a time. Place a jack stand beneath the axle of each wheel before moving on to raise the next wheel off of the ground. Remove the lug nuts from each tire with a lug wrench. Move the tires in the pattern described in step four. Reattach the lug nuts and tighten them with the lug wrench.
- 6). Remove the jack stands from beneath the vehicle one wheel at a time by raising that wheel slightly with the jack, pulling out the jack stand and slowly lowering the vehicle to the ground. Go to each tire and tighten the lug nuts a second time with the lug wrench. The various tire's treads will even out over time as long as the cause of the damage was corrected.
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