Tyre rotation

I am really bad on tyre rotation. I tend to notice tyre wear about the time that a new tyre is needed and assess things from there, matching up all other tyres from the collection. [I've got about 12 or 13 steel fatties with 31s lying around or on vehicles]. Shocking huh? What normally happens is I end up replacing a pair of back wheels or front wheels with new and pairing up a good set for the other end. With the Supa Trupa in particular there is Football field between each end. Oh yeah! and then there is the spare/s on the vehicle. I often get a surprise when I come to put them on the vehicle in the unusual event that that is needed. Sometimes find a nice new tyre I didn't know I had. Then I only need to buy one new tyre to match. Yep.... I know it's a sin not to rotate... I alway mean to, but never get around to it. Busy busy busy.....

Willem, from my experience if you rotate from off side rear to ns front the different wear patterns particularly with luggy tyres will have some steering effect, ie pull to left or right or make some funny noises.
Some say only rotate fron to back, not diagonal butr you might get away with it if you do it regularly before there is much wear.
If the G60 has plenty of steering slack you may not feel a thing !! LOL!!
I think there is a good case for taking up a collection & mounting the G60 on a pole with that jet trainer on the Oodnadatta Track when you eventually disown it!

Willem,

You motivated me to do mine today. Trouble is I started at 4.45pm using a bottle jack [standard Nissan one]

Got underneath and started to look for jacking points. Referred to the owners manual and the picture of where to put the jack might as well have been in Swahili [sp] and was no help at all.

By the time I decided where to put it, I already had the brand new spare off the back, it was 5.05pm and I was committed to finish the job.

Got the back right off eventually after using every swear word I've learnt in life and then invented a couple more to describe the dic*wits in this world who insist on using rattle guns to do up wheel nuts. God knows how the wife would ever change a tyre if she had to and there was no ready access to someone with a bit of muscle around. Almost broke my bloody back and there is no way that she could have broken the initial crack of the nuts. Unbelievable some of the numnuts that work in tyre places.

Ended up getting 3 done and then the alarm on my phone went off. Took me a second to realise what the hell I had set it for and then panic set in as I realised I was supposed to be picking a mate and his wife up from the airport. Got a reputation as never being late and suddenly thats going down the toilet.

Had to finish the job, wife on jack winding up and down, being cursed for putting it up higher then necessary etc etc.

Ten minutes later finished, quick shower and to the airport. Reputation intact as Qantas picked a good day to have refuelling issues and the plane touched down at the same time that I did.

Ended up going with the Bridgestone WWW page info on rotation.

Spare to RR, RR to RF, RF to LR, LR to LF, LF to spare. [Nissan 3.0 TD]

I know its different to Nissan handbook but I figure Bridgestone sell tyres, Nissan sell cars. I have travelled 12000K so I know its a bit later than it should be but I'm working on the theory that its better now than never. Hopefully it won't cause me any problems.

Dave