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race were being run clockwise from a flat line start) and a majority of turns will be to the right. Conversely, the sidewalls on the right tire tends to be bumped and rubbed against the curb while parking the vehicle, causing asymmetric sidewall wear. The symmetric opposite occurs in countries that drive on the left.
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with each other and/or with the vehicle's axis will tend to be dragged along by the other wheels, causing uneven wear in that tire. If the alignment is such that the vehicle tends to turn, the driver will correct by steering against the tendency. In effect the vehicle is constantly turning, causing
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A common rotation pattern is to move the back wheels to the front, and the front to the back but crossing them when moving to the back. If the tires are unidirectional, the rotation can only be rotated front to back on the same side of the vehicle to preserve the rotational direction of the tires,
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which will happen if a front wheel is lost. So the intuitive belief that the front steering/driving tires need to be the best quality is not the case.
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332:"Kwik Fit: Tyre Rotation - Current Recommendations"
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255:"What Happens If You Don't Rotate Your Tires"
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382:"How important is proper tire rotation?"
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352:Demere, Marc (25 June 2012).
213:Best tires on rear of vehicle
253:Johnson, Mark (2021-11-22).
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461:Low rolling resistance tire
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279:"What Is A Tire Rotation?"
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137:Causes of uneven tire wear
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689:Pacejka's Magic Formula
669:Cold inflation pressure
166:cloverleaf interchanges
878:List of tire companies
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873:Tire manufacturing
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387:The Globe and Mail
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571:Racing slick
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551:Tubular tire
546:Bicycle tire
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969:Tire label
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787:Tramlining
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264:2022-03-07
241:References
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195:snow tires
174:misaligned
141:See also:
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66:newspapers
959:Tire code
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855:Tire iron
764:Behaviors
556:Lego tire
491:Snow tire
486:Rain tyre
220:oversteer
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