Tyre Rotation - G4 Models

Noted at my first annual service (12,500 miles) - no mention of rotating my tyres or evidence that the garage had done the job (recommended every 6,000 miles). Now I've done the job twice - not difficult with a trolley jack and it provides an opportunity to deep clean the alloys and apply a little smear of;copperslip' grease to the wheel studs. However, I was left wondering how many other owners would (or could) be bothered doing this recommended job - especially on a cold wet day? Personally I've gone for the 5 tyre rotation process rather than the 4 tyre rotation process. I also know that my wheel nuts are all correctly torqued up and the pressures correctly set. Anyone else bothering to do it - or have few of you reached 6,000 miles yet?

I wonder how did you deal with the TPMS? Does it sort itself out and know that the wheels have moved etc. Or do you just accept the position of the wheels does not match with the system?

After swapping the wheels around in the cold - I adjusted/set all the tyre pressures to the factory settings (F - 26 psig R - 29 psig) and it was very cold so the pressures should have been accurate. I then scrolled through the dash settings for TPMS and went for a drive down the road - after 10 mins the TPMS reset itself for each of the 4 wheels in contact with the road, although as I pointed out in an earlier post the TPMS reads slightly higher than my fancy electronic pressure gauge. No great fuss to do.

I have always rotated the tyres on Dreadnaught and have consequently had much higher than average tyre life. My current set of bfg are about 3/8ths worn at 33 thousand miles on 2 cars so yeah rotation is useful.

Bob1050 wrote: After swapping the wheels around in the cold - I adjusted/set all the tyre pressures to the factory settings (F - 26 psig R - 29 psig) and it was very cold so the pressures should have been accurate. I then scrolled through the dash settings for TPMS and went for a drive down the road - after 10 mins the TPMS reset itself for each of the 4 wheels in contact with the road, although as I pointed out in an earlier post the TPMS reads slightly higher than my fancy electronic pressure gauge. No great fuss to do.

Does the spare have Tpms fitted too Bob?

This is interesting as I was under the impression that the spare didn't have a sensor fitted?

I checked my tyres at 6000 miles and all were even so didn't bother rotating them. Below is the print out from my first service at 12900 miles. I does make me ask why bother rotating them with such an even wear?

Also Bob, you said 29psi for rear, do you have them set at loaded pressure all the time because of what you carry?