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Re: spin direction on tires
Hairy green toads from Mars made John Hadjisky say:
> I have heard that Radial tires get "used" to rotating a certain direction
> and cannot be reversed once they've been "broken in". My tires now have
> over 2000 miles on them. It this rumor, truth, or somewhere in between?
> Is this (more) true for Quattro vs. conventional rear-wheel (or
> front-wheel - ack!) drive?
This used to be the case, in the olden days. It is no longer true
of any modern radial tire. They can be rotated left-to-right easily.
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Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7) duane@zk3.dec.com
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