I do exactly as the tire rep mentions - swap the
wheels side to side (and front to back), the
directional arrow points the wrong way. This is
with Speedsters. Works fine. The arrow only makes a difference in a wet race.
Cheers, Tony
At 08:12 AM 4/22/2015, John Styduhar via Fot wrote:
>I'm running Hoosier Speedster 205/60 15. The
>tires have a direction arrow on the sidewall.
>The Hoosier tire factory rep. told me that I
>could swap the tires/wheels side-to-side to even
>out the tire wear and extend tread life. No need
>to remount and rebalance tires. But that would
>make the tire roll in the opposite direction as
>shown on the sidewall. The rep said the tire
>design is symetrical and the directional tread
>pattern is for water shedding. My internet
>query also supports this thinking. What are
>fellow racers doing about racing tire rotation? Â
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