Wheel changeover

[Gaston aires]

I popped into a local tyre fitter yesterday and asked how much they would charge to swap over the rear to the front wheels, to even out the tyre wear.
They said £20+vat, which I thought reasonable.
Firstly is this a wise decision ?
Secondly is this a reasonable charge ?
Your thoughts please.
Phil

 

[Clivefog]

£5 a wheel reasonable.
Do you have tread wear?

 

[Oldrat]

Swapping tyres is often a good idea but bear in mind the following..

How recently have you had your wheel alignment carried out?

Misalignment can knock out a tyre in record time, and, with new tyres, the damage is likely to go unnoticed.

Most folks would hardly see the irregular wear on the tyre edge until the tread is near illegal, after all it’s still likely to have a fair amount of tread left, just far less than the other edge.

So swapping this tyre from the front to the rear is only going to now knock out the (previously evenly worn) rear tyre just as quickly.

I hope that makes sense.

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

£20 would be ok for me.. just ask if £20 cash is OK. No vat.

 

[Bill-H]

Do you have a spare wheel (and jack) to add in to the cycle?
I'd be swapping wheels round myself and spending the £20 on an overnight pitch somewhere.

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[pappajohn]

Doesn't cost me anything.
My brother is the motor vehicle lecturer at the local TEC college.
Just had 2 new tyres fitted and balanced, all four wheel (track) alignment reset and Aircon regassed.
Saved a couple of hundred quid.
Can't find a smug smiley.

 

[Stag man]

Personally, I’ve never bothered (laziness)
All I know is that I get through 2sets of fronts to 1set of rear

 

[Gaston aires]

£5 a wheel reasonable.
Do you have tread wear?

More wear on front than back (FWD) plenty of tread left just evening wear out. (that’s not as in clothes)
Phil

 

[Gaston aires]

£20 would be ok for me.. just ask if £20 cash is OK. No vat.

My sentiments exactly
Phil

 

[Gaston aires]

Do you have a spare wheel (and jack) to add in to the cycle?
I'd be swapping wheels round myself and spending the £20 on an overnight pitch somewhere.

I’ve done crawling around under vans since my back operation
Phil

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[Gaston aires]

Swapping tyres is often a good idea but bear in mind the following..

How recently have you had your wheel alignment carried out?

Misalignment can knock out a tyre in record time, and, with new tyres, the damage is likely to go unnoticed.

Most folks would hardly see the irregular wear on the tyre edge until the tread is near illegal, after all it’s still likely to have a fair amount of tread left, just far less than the other edge.

So swapping this tyre from the front to the rear is only going to now knock out the (previously evenly worn) rear tyre just as quickly.

I hope that makes sense.

Makes sense but even wear all round is apparent so just evens out the tread wear.

 

[Gaston aires]

Doesn't cost me anything.
My brother is the motor vehicle lecturer at the local TEC college.
Just had 2 new tyres fitted and balanced, all four wheel (track) alignment reset and Aircon regassed.
Saved a couple of hundred quid.
Can't find a smug smiley.

Being that you live on the dark side of the moon it’s probably too far for me to get a free tyre swap
Phil

 

[Fdhadi]

Are you not more likely to have to replace all 4 tyres at once by swapping.
As Stag man says, 2 sets of fronts to 1 set of rears.

 

[Gaston aires]

Are you not more likely to have to replace all 4 tyres at once by swapping.
As Stag man says, 2 sets of fronts to 1 set of rears.

Probably yes, but tyres need changing due to date and wear.

 

[Scotch mist]

I’ve always done this without problems BUT if you have TPMS it’s a problem

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[Gaston aires]

I’ve always done this without problems BUT if you have TPMS it’s a problem

No TPMS. I’ve had this system before and didn’t like it at all. Just another thing to fuss over.
Phil