What is tire rotation? Tires don’t wear evenly. The front tires handle steering, braking, and most of the weight transfer. The rears mostly follow along, unless you’ve got a performance setup or a truck doing real work. Either way, each tire lives a different life. Leave them in place long enough, and they start wearing in ways that don’t match each other.  That’s where tire rotation […]

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Most drivers think about tires and wheels at two moments. When buying them, and when something goes wrong. The rest of the time, they’re taken for granted. Which is interesting, because they’re doing all the real work. Every stop, every turn, every mile of pavement runs through those four contact points.  Anatomy of Tires and Wheels  A tire looks simple until you break it down. The tread […]

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