does tire rotation ever come in the form of taking the tires off the rim and putting them on another? it always puzzled me because taking the "wheel" off the rear and putting it in the front doesn't seem to solve the camber wear. even if you put it on the other side of the car, the "inside" of the wheel is still prone to camber.

i assume the rotation evens out the wear due to toe in/out and constant movement in the front wheels. but what about camber? maybe it's not a big factor?

 

It has nothing to do with camber wear. Your alignment deals with camber wear. As to why we are suppose to rotate the tires, it is because on front wheel drive systems (fwd), the front tires do all of the turning and accelerating, so they're under much more stress than the rear. So, in order to keep the tire's shape true, you have to rotate them every ~xx,xxx miles. You shouldn't take the tire off of one rim to put it on another rim, that doesn't do anything but waste your time and money.

 

Thanks for the clarification. Makes sense.

 

In Canada it's every 10,000kms so 6,000 miles.