Tire Rotation

Price is about right if a facility is going to charge you.

If you decide to do it yourself you will also need a decent quality torque wrench to go along with your jack and jack stands.

Find the proper torque value and learn your jack points before you begin.

You will be happy you did it yourself.

Granted I'm a mechanic by trade, I still rotate all my own tires even on vehicles that I could just take in for a minute and have them do it for free.

Thanks.

I do have a torque wrench. I'm going to have to do some research to find out what to set it at. Also, I'm wondering if the tpms resets automatically or if i have to manually do it. I'll have to read up on the OM.

TPMS will reset automatically the next time you drive.

I believe I read on here that the torque is 94 foot pounds but if I didn't know that for sure on a vehicle this size and wheel type I would elect to use between 90 and 100 foot pounds.

Torque is indeed at 94 ft lbs. Someone had a screenshot from the manual in another thread, but too lazy to find it and copy link, but many in this forum can confirm. I agree with Mr. Black, do the rotations yourself and if you're lucky enough to live in the snowbelt and have a separate set of winter tires, switch them yourself too. The money I save goes towards my RL's accessories :grin:

If you live in the west and buy your tires from Les Schwab rotations and balancing are FREE for the life of the tires. I've been doing mine every 5,000 miles with an oil change for the last 30 years and about 2 million miles with Les Schwab.

Just rotated mine today myself, a little over 5K miles. No need for stands even, just need a jack and the spare (good practice), replace one with it and go to work replacing one at a time (back to front, criss cross rears to front for non directional tires). Jack point locations are about as obvious as possible.

Can someone tell me how to rotate tires on 2018 ridgeline, meaning front to back criss cross etc. And what is the torque spec for wheel lug nuts?

thank you. I wish they would put this information in the owners manual.

does anyone know where to get a service manual for 2018 RTL AWD?

Mountain_Lion said:

Can someone tell me how to rotate tires on 2018 ridgeline, meaning front to back criss cross etc. And what is the torque spec for wheel lug nuts?

thank you. I wish they would put this information in the owners manual.

does anyone know where to get a service manual for 2018 RTL AWD?

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Rotation is in the 'Owners Manual' page 552, not the 'Owners Guide' :
http://owners.honda.com/vehicle-information/manuals?year=2018&model=Ridgeline

Torque is 94 lbs/ft.

God damn it! I feel so stupid! thank you.

I'm so ashamed.

I'm over 10K miles and haven't rotated the tires yet.

Oh, the humanity.

Is rotating tires at 2500 miles too early? I went both front to back, rear left to front right, rear right to front left. Doubt my tires are directional, because it does not say or show anything like that on the tires.

reason I rotated my tires so early was, because no one can get my alignment perfect. Steering wheel is still a little off and feels a bit too loose but at least it drives straight (I guess) and I heard that tire rotation might help with alignment, which sounded a little strange but I gave it a go anyway. no difference.

At $27.00 per rotate, that's $324.00 over the life (est. 60k) of the tires. I rotate every 10k, and my last set lasted 72k. I'd like to see evidence that more frequent rotation really saves you the cost of one tire. Also, in the future purchase tires from Sams, Costco, etc. They'll rotate for free. As for DIY, that's up to you, for me it's not worth the effort to save a few bucks.

I heard, and just confirmed, that our local Discount Tire Center rotates tires for free, even if you have not purchased the tires from them. This may be worth it for others to check with their local store(s)? ............................

Bill

I'm pretty sure that most if not all retail tire places rotate your tires for free if you purchased your tires from them. If they don't, then move on to the next one. My Tire Factory place in Medford did it on all my new vehicles whether I purchased the tires from them or not. I guess the one exception is Honda dealer don't rotate the original tires but I think they do for a replacement set.

wjfyfe said:

I heard, and just confirmed, that our local Discount Tire Center rotates tires for free, even if you have not purchased the tires from them. This may be worth it for others to check with their local store(s)? ............................

Bill

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Ultimately confirmed, we took the Ridgeline this afternoon to Discount Tire to get the tires rotated and there was no charge, gonna inform our dealer that they can stop bugging us about it now............................

Bill

feetdry said:

If you live in the west and buy your tires from Les Schwab rotations and balancing are FREE for the life of the tires. I've been doing mine every 5,000 miles with an oil change for the last 30 years and about 2 million miles with Les Schwab.

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Same with Discount Tires (America's Tire in CA). Free rotation and balance. Because of their amazing service I will never buy my tires anywhere else.First time I ever bought tires there I ordered them on line, had an 8AM appointment, and was out the door with my new tires at 8:20 AM.

johnson-rod said:

I'm so ashamed.

I'm over 10K miles and haven't rotated the tires yet.

Oh, the humanity.

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Mine are evenly and equally worn (about 20% tread left) at 34,000. Never rotated.

I have 29,000 on mine now and I've rotated once. The fronts were definitely more worn than the rears on my rotation. They will even up by the time of their death lol.

Steve

Late to the party here, but the relevant point is the lug nut torque. Every shop, including the dealership, drive them with impact guns, rather than torque them. After replacing two wheel studs in my G1, I do the rotation at home.
Of all maintenance items I do on my own, tire rotation is the worst. I despise it. However, I do relish in the fact that all the lugs are torqued to spec and do not have to spend the money to get the stupid wheel studs.