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JB74 - Gen.4 5 wheel Tyre rotation
- CC Baxter
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17 Mar 2020 14:20 #219988
by Bob1050
How strange that my Jimny was supplied by the dealer with 5 inter-changeable wheels/tyres (all with TPMS) and yours wasn't. As the Jimny is supplied with a full sixed spare and designed for going off-road I'd have thought all Jimny's had TPMS on all 5 wheels/tyres? After twice doing the "5 Tyre Rotation" it's all been rather easy to do and I'm getting fairly even tyre wear at 15k miles. Bad news will be forking out big bucks for 5 new tyres all at once, rather than just buying a pair at a time for each axle.
One advantage of doing the tyre rotation is taking the opportunity to deep clean the rear of the rims and also do in behind the spare wheel bracket. I'm also confident that all my wheel nits are correctly torqued up and a very light smear of copper grease on the hubs/threads minimises the risk of experiencing 'alloy/steel hub weld' if you need to change a wheel on a dark rainy night.
Replied by Bob1050 on topic JB74 - Gen.4 5 wheel Tyre rotation
CC Baxter wrote: It would appear not quite the definitive answer to 5 wheel rotation. My car could not read the spare on TPMS and I tested it to be sure. A line in the hand book suggested this to be the case.
I lost interest in the restrictions imposed by TPMS and fitted an emulator.
Chris
How strange that my Jimny was supplied by the dealer with 5 inter-changeable wheels/tyres (all with TPMS) and yours wasn't. As the Jimny is supplied with a full sixed spare and designed for going off-road I'd have thought all Jimny's had TPMS on all 5 wheels/tyres? After twice doing the "5 Tyre Rotation" it's all been rather easy to do and I'm getting fairly even tyre wear at 15k miles. Bad news will be forking out big bucks for 5 new tyres all at once, rather than just buying a pair at a time for each axle.
One advantage of doing the tyre rotation is taking the opportunity to deep clean the rear of the rims and also do in behind the spare wheel bracket. I'm also confident that all my wheel nits are correctly torqued up and a very light smear of copper grease on the hubs/threads minimises the risk of experiencing 'alloy/steel hub weld' if you need to change a wheel on a dark rainy night.
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