I have my tires rotated and balanced ever 5000 miles when I do my oil change. Some tire dealers won't do this service less than 7500 miles. Some car manuals suggest at 9500 miles to do the tire maintance.
Many years ago I had a tire dealer tell me that the rear tires always bounce around a lot more than the fronts due to the light rear end. Back then I was rotating my tires at 30,000 miles then the roar moved from the rear to the front. He was explaining why I had the roar. I'm glad I learned how often it needed done. I have worn out two sets of Michelins. One was in a older Cavalier and the others on my '94 Prizm. Both sets went 70,000 miles with no flats. The tires were rotated ever 5000 miles.
Now I have the new 2003 Corolla im dong the same thing. Walmart does my work here. But most tire shops are better but we live in a small town. Tire Rack, Discount Tires and etc. would be best. I try to run
35 psi cold in my tires. Lately im trying 38 psi as a test.
Corollafan
Art wrote:
>> That is why they are called Goodyear tires. They are good about a year.
>
>Ah, a religious argument. We bought an '89 Grand Marquis with Regattas
>on it. We drove those tires 60,000 miles and replaced them (with
>Regatta II) because winter was coming. There was enough tread on the
>castoffs that the dealer put them on their used-tire rack. The "new"
>ones have about 30,000 on them and I can still leave the sports cars
>behind on the curves without squealing.
>
>>> Dear experts,
>>>
>>> I have a 97 Camry XLE. 120K miles.
>>>
>>> A few years ago, I bought some Goodyear Regatta tires.
>>>
>>> Latley, I had the tires rotated. Suddenly, there is a
>>> lot of road noise. I thought it was a CVJ. Or a wheel
>>> bearing. When I turn to the right, the sound is more
>>> pronounced. When I turn to the left, the sound is less.
>>>
>>> But the dealer says that the problem is the tires.
>>>
>>> So today, I exchanged the right rear tire with the
>>> spare. The rumbling sound was less.
>>>
>>> Then, I exchanged the spare with the left rear tire.
>>> Again the rumbling sound was less.
>>>
>>> I ran my hand around the left rear tire. There was a
>>> number of flat spots on the edges. On the inside edge.
>>> (closer to the center of the vehicle)
>
>Sounds like this tire came off the front, and there's some sort of
>front-end problem. Unfortunately, there's probably no way to tell
>which position this tire was at while it was getting worn that way.
>Time for alignment checks.