pme wrote:

I recall land rover user guide saying NOT to rotate the wheels, something related to crap geometry quality resulting in a specific wear pattern on each corner. I wait to be corrected.
I had something very similar and it was down to a new tyre fitted as the old one was damaged. Michelin latitude cross, took about 500 miles to settle in.

All the owner manuals I have had in the past 40 years have had the wording similar to " Do not swap to tyre's round" .
even the workshop manuals say this, the service check sheets have wording similar to " Note the position of each wheel when removing and re attach in the same position".


I remember taking a Disco in to a dealers for service and I watched a mechanic/fitter marking the tyres with chalk and then putting metal paint marker on the studs against the chalk mark.


Now my Indy tells me he swaps the wheels diagonally to get the best wear from the tyres as the front wear off the tread on the inside. Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place,
so it doesn't take much to us off.

Richard

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I remember taking a Disco in to a dealers for service and I watched a mechanic/fitter marking the tyres with chalk and then putting metal paint marker on the studs against the chalk mark.

Sounds like hard work, why not just write FL, FR, RL, RR on the tyres in chalk then wash it off afterwards.