My 2014 F-Type base has just been put away for the season. It has 12,000 miles on it. This Spring at 11,000 miles I rotated the tires. I have OEM Pirelli 255/35ZR20 on the front and 295/30ZR20 on the rear. I called Pirelli Corporate
in (I believe) Georgia to ask about proper tire rotation and they said to swap the front wheels side to side and the rear wheels side to side. Easy enough. However, since the rotation my car has a slight pull to the left. Not a hard
pull but when I let go of the wheel it will gently glide left. It went almost perfectly straight down the road with maybe an ever so gentle glide to the right due to the crown of the road before the rotation. I have had trouble with wide
tires in the past. I believe they are inflated correctly. Should I bother with getting an alignment next Spring or does this sound like a tire problem? I could swap them back. Anybody correct a similar problem.

 

Why would you swap the wheels over? Can't be to even out the wear since they'd wear the same regardless of side if the tracking is correct. I can understand swapping fronts to back and vice versa if they're the same size as front and rear wear may be different. Also, if the tyres are directional, swapping sides is a no-no.

 

When I looked in the manual I couldn't find any information on tire rotation. So, I called the dealer who told me to call Pirelli. The Pirelli guy told
me this is how to rotate the tires. I didn't do any heavy thinking as to the logic of this. Your reply makes sense. Unless somebody
can come up with some logic on F-Type tire rotation, I will put them back the way they were next Spring. Thanks

 

+1 - I only have Pirelli P Zeros on the rear of my car but the tires are marked with an arrow showing the rotational direction and should not be swapped side to side. An examination of the tread also shows that the grooves are not symmetrical and patterned in the direction of rotation.

 

Yes;; There is no tire rotation on a F-Type

 

My tires seem to rotate just fine, and the harder I press on the gas pedal the faster they rotate.

 

The OE p zeros on the f type are not directional but they are asymmetrical. There is an outside and an inside. It doesn't matter which way they are rotating.

 

Radial tires generally get rotated only front to rear and never, obviously, on staggered wheel sizes. Alignment is the only redress for uneven wear.

 

I propose swapping them back as a diagnostic. If the 'pull' goes away it WAS a tire issue. Just leave them, if that eliminates the pull.

Swapping the tires side-to-side can compensate for the effect of 'feathering'. If your tread feels rougher when caressing or stroking the tread more in one direction than the other, you may well need an alignment. BUT I wouldn't do it until you purchase new rubber.



If you want to just grin and bear it, you could compensate for the pull with air pressure. I wouldn't do more than a 2 PSI difference L to R.

 

I'd like to throw in that while tire rotation is not required on our F-Types, don't neglect getting them balanced. This can also cause a perceived "misalignment" or "tire pull"....

 

I was taught to never change the direction of rotation on radials once they've got any miles on them. Owner's manuals and factory service manuals always specified front/rear swap. Staggered sizes of course preclude this. Perhaps modern radials have overcome the issues from the Old Days, but if so I didn't get the memo.