Tire rotation ?

Is it advisable to rotate rear tires left to right and vise versa, what are your thoughts ?

 

from what i know they go on a certian way and i never change them from side to side some have a yellow circle with a x in the middle and it faces the right others have a different mark so one is on the inside and the other is on the out side its what i was told years ago and its how i always did it i know some bracket racers have done i just never seen the point

 

Thanks Jim, I will just bite the bullet and buy new.

 

we run the hoosier 2055s and i swap sides almost every run especialy when they start to creep round the rim as we use liners then they creep back the other way, we have never found an issue with this, the yellow dots on the hoosier i dont think mean a thing i used to think they were balance points and put them near the valve, iv since heard they actuly mean nothing .who knows but i never had any problems at all...never bothered with bead locks as the tire dont move but with liners they just do sometimes...

 

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we do are tires every race new or old and run 3.90s

 

I believe the yellow "X" Jim was referring to was the old goodyears as they were mounted with the x facing the passengers side and were directional
I cant say about the ones of today as i have run hoosiers for the last 8 years
The hoosiers can be run either way and i think they encourage you to swap them occasionaly

 

Make sure you do a good burnout the first time after a swap.
Other than that, I swap them quite often.

 

well like i said i have ran both good years and hoosiers and hoosiers for the last five thats was the way i was taught so i always done that way from what the other guys said it doesnt seem to matter i thought they were wrapped a certian way so it had to be done that way but i guess not these days you might try it i wasnt tring to lead you wrong it was just my take on it good luck

 

at one time good year said to run the serial numberout if I remember they said there was a right and a left someting to do with how the cords were rapped!!Dave

 

thanks dave thats what i thought but hell im an old guy what do i know (lol)

 

i was told by hossier the yellow x was a xray mark. we rotate every race put about 50 hits on a 34.5 17 16 2055 sub 1 sec 60s .... 2720 lbs door car...Doc

 

Jim hows that new hot rod doing? I wanted but didnt get to go to street rod nationals, did you go?..dave

 

dave we are having a blast in the new hot rod didnt go to the nationals but we went to the frog follies here local its one of the biggest and every one says it is one of the best to go to 4000 cars registered hung out seen some old friends i had seen in many years and met some new ones maybe you can make that one next year cant wait to change some things alerady changed the seats next is putting a 871 on it changing some other things to make it mine

 

i really dont know if it makes a difference are not i have never done it and had .94, .95, 96 sixty foots all day long same tire tons of passes on the same set