What is "tire rotation"?

What is "tire rotation"?

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With general car maintenance, tire rotation applies when tires at the front of the car and the tires at the rear of the car wear at different rates. Primarily, the tires of the front are obviously also for steering therefore you get more wear and tear on the sides of the tires. The tires at the rear of the car are quit often doing a lot of the driving work so they get more wear in the center of the tire tread. Hence it is very important and of great investment to rotate the tires. Basically, rotating the tires means to take the tires on the front of the car and to flip them to the rear and vise versa. The reason that this is important is that today's modern cars are designed to have tires that are consistent in their wear and their tire pressure. This means you don't want to have tires that are in a different state of age and wear in across the vehicle. Breaking systems, especially safety systems rely on all the tires being of equal quality and equal state of wear. So, in summary having your tires rotated may be a relatively simple operation but it is also one of the best preventative maintenances you can put on your vehicle.