Volvo Owners Club Forum - View Single Post - Can tyres be swapped front to back without problems ?

Peter Milnes · Feb 16th, 2005, 00:26

Front to back on each side is normally the way to do it. The wear is biased to the front because for most of the time the car is 95% front wheel drive and 5% rear wheel drive. This obviously changes depending on how and where the car is driven.

It is an easy task if you have a spare or temp spare wheel. In other words jack up and take say left front off stick spare/temp spare on the front jack up and remove left rear wheel and fit front wheel in it's place. Then jack up the front and fit the rear wheel to the front. Then carry out the same manouevre on the right side.

All the best, Peter.

Feb 16th, 2005, 00:26	#2
Peter Milnes Premier Member Last Online: Apr 10th, 2014 00:01 Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tonyrefail	RE: Can tyres be swapped front to back without problems ? Front to back on each side is normally the way to do it. The wear is biased to the front because for most of the time the car is 95% front wheel drive and 5% rear wheel drive. This obviously changes depending on how and where the car is driven. It is an easy task if you have a spare or temp spare wheel. In other words jack up and take say left front off stick spare/temp spare on the front jack up and remove left rear wheel and fit front wheel in it's place. Then jack up the front and fit the rear wheel to the front. Then carry out the same manouevre on the right side. All the best, Peter.