I do the same as Tony described. Have with the tire mentioned originally and
others.
I got 8 hard race weekends out of a set of Speedsters doing this.
I will add that this works for me on a TR3 with a live axle. The continued
inside wear maybe an issue with an IRS car, but I don't have any real
experience with that.
Greg
> On Apr 22, 2015, at 9:52 AM, Tony Drews via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> 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.Ã? 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.Ã? My internet query also supports this thinking.Ã? What are
>> fellow racers doing about racing tire rotation? Ã?
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