Here’s How Stupid People Change Tires
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- Changing a tire. Here’s How Stupid People Change Tires. Never Do This to Your Tires, DIY and car repair with Scotty Kilmer. How to change a tire on a car. Stupid people changing tires wrong. Car alignment and tire replacement fails. Things not to do to your car's tires. Never changed a tire like this. Car Advice. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 52 years.
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Scotty how much would you charge for this job
SCOTTY IAM FROM PEARLAND. PLEASE HELP ME FIX A TIRE LEAK
I can't find any jacks that look that well built Scotty. Can you list what jacks you recommend. I just ended up using 6 ton jack stands that are 14 - 15 inchs with out extending them so it is impossible for them to fail. Even though my jacks say double locking the double lock does not look safe to me.
your neighbor thinks you're insane.
quick question for you what do you think of the cvt trans in the new 2021 rav4 prime, everything about it looks perfect except that, should it be a deal breaker?
I love how Scotty keeps his exotic Supra on the street and his Celica safe and sound in the driveway LOL
That is not his z4 its a customer’s car
You can easily buy a new Supra not so with the classic Celica.
It’s a good neighborhood
The one on the street is a B roken M isery W orthless platform, and the other one is an original Toyota product.
The Hacks-By-Jack Channel I don’t think you realize how easy they are to come by
3:42 the lady we’ve all been looking for, the one looking at the man talking to himself 😂😂
😂🤣
yeah she looks like one of those types of neighbors that you don't want to bother talking to
No doubt, her name is Karen.
That's the Mrs.
Heywood Jablowme no bandwagon allowed
I like when someone who has zero experience with cars yet when it overheats or dies they pull over and look at the engine.Yup that's a ENGINE.
Despite zero experience, obvious burst radiator hose, duck tape, and a few gallons of water will get that car rolling home again. Duck Tape. Don't leave home without it.
They just checking the Johnson Rod
That would be me 😅😂 and I would be calling my dad 🥺
Isn't that how they do it in the movies though? You know those movie writers are mechanical wizards.
Well I know a guy that had a Renault 4 and the engine fell out of the car because of the rust. Everyone will notice that.
Scotty is 100% right on this one, I've seen this happen too.
Thanks for calling out Harbor Freight's DEFECTIVE Jack stands.
@ yep
Hazard fraught living up to the name.
I watched a guy changing a transmission in a 325 in his driveway using an 8ft 2x4 as a prop. The car was 50 degrees leaning and they were kneeling under it.
I guess at least the plank didn't have a ratchet.
S Tho Ya just can’t cure STUPID.
Who remembers using a bumper jack to change a flat ?
I do. I also remember having the car fall toward the side of the road. Not a calm experience when you are changing a tire on that side.
me too had a lot of 70 's model Falcons with big fat chrome bumpers ...
Bumper Jack's were the best. 😁
I do. My dad has one fail in the driveway when I was just a little kid. Luckily he wasn’t under it and my brother and myself were far enough away. Had it up in the air changing the tire or an oil change and it slipped off. Can’t remember how he got it off the ground w/o a wheel.
I remember using a bumper jack on my father’s ‘55 Pontiac Star Chief.
The trie pressure is the only thing “Good” on the whole car. 😂
There's also a "good" chance this car will leave the owner stranded!
Very good DINOCO The king! And very true!
LMAO!
I had to give you a thumbs up on this video
you were sweating out there!
The good ones go in back on a rear wheel drive car; right? I had tires that were just 10+ years old still had mileage per warranty but it's which comes first. New tires & an updated full 4 wheel alignment fixed the wondering problem. Proper maintenance isn't cheep unless it's your car.🤔💖 Love to watch you work!!!😁
I agree with you on putting the best on the front. I've had arguments with tire dealers about this. I ended up having the tires rotated elsewhere after buying 2 new ones.
The best part of the video was the Gieco commercial that played halfway through; The family with a new home having a "Ratt problem" made my day. First time that I've seen it.
It was cool to learn that dirty coolant could effect the computer.
3:46 sees Scotty talking to the wall XD
Don't forget to check for rust and corrosion between the hub and wheel face,big problem here in Canada ,keep up great videos scotty
Scotty is right on this one. The front tires have a massive impact on the handling of a FWD car. I once had an issue where the car pulled to one side. Turned out the alignment was fine but the right tire was more worn than the left tire (thanks roundabouts). Replaced both front tires and it was completely solved.
3:09 is that a supra over there?!😋😮
No way
Lol just playing
Celica will never leave her spot
It’s a bmw
I think it replaced the Mustang in the intro of one of his last videos.
I have always used the best tires on the front, even on back wheel drives. Most of the braking happens in the front, so just makes sense for me in a safety perspective.
Come on Scotty don't hold back tell us how you really feel!😂😂😂😂
That was great seeing him get going on the “experts.”
You are right all the way Scotty. Mixing tyres across an axle is usually the beginning of all kinds of trouble.
Love how Scotty talks. Tells it like it is. Don't change.
So glad you mentioned that you put the good tires on the front. I remember when I got two new tires for my car and the guys at Costco said Their policy was to put the new tires in the back because of traction. It didn’t make sense to me since it was a FWD. I usually would go straight home and move the new back tires to the front smh 🤦🏻♂️
Kid got into a wreck and one of the companies got sued. Attorney argued that tires were new but dealer put them in the front. Nice kid. Wreck caused TBI. Kid was never the same. Started then.
Alot of guys at these shops are assholes and like the smell of their own s***.
We need more Scottie’s in this world! Thanks for the video.
Nice diagnosis. I like the easy and less expensive fixes.
A mechanic once told me to have your best tires in the back , because if you use bad ones in the back , and they lose adherence you cannot control anything since they are in the back and you can't steer ... So he said good in the back and bad in the front ... I disagree too
why do you disagree?
i understand what you're saying about the better tires being on the front , i sometimes go by spec from Michelin though where they state higher treads should be at the back because of lighter weight, liked the video , we mostly do it as you do because we do alignments as well , keep up the good work
OK so if the lower tread tires are in the front, the engine weight pushes them down more onto the pavement giving more traction? Is that it? It seems there are two possible situations here, either a blowout or fishtailing event. With blowout I'd thought it would be better to have the newest tires in the front because it would decrease the risk of a front blowout where the steering is.
As someone who works with tires, and has looked into a lot of stuff, having the better tires in the rear is better than having them in the front in rain and snow because it helps to prevent fish tailing. In front wheel drive cars, rotating tires properly and on time is very important because if you don't, the fronts will wear much faster and the rears will begin cupping, which creates uneven spots on the tires. The issue with this car was likely the tread difference as well as probably some cupping on the tires from late rotations.
Discard the word "better" from this discussion. Always have excellent tyres on the front. If you lose traction there, nothing good follows. Fish-tailing has a lot to do with the competence of the driver in adverse conditions.
If you're going to have a blowout at 100 km/h on dry dirt/rubble, the rear is a safe place for it to happen (as I have found).
@@brianvogt8125 I agree that a rear tire blowing out is much safer, especially in a front wheel drive vehicle. I also agree that fishtailing can be fixed by the driver skills. I live in Southern California, and most people (despite rainy season coming every year) still can't drive in the rain. So, people spin out all the time, so unless the driver knows what they're doing they need the good tires on the rear. I definitely do prefer the better tires on the front and I have a RWD vehicle, but that's because I know how to handle the rain, snow, and how to recover from a skid. But, for those who don't know how, they need the good tires in the rear.
Thanks for bringing this up. And sharing knowledge. Trying to figure this out. Seems like there might be both good reasons to have the better tires on either front or back depending on the circumstances. Seems the fishtailing could be more about adverse conditions or driving too fast for those conditions. I have a front wheel drive car and put the better tires on the front because I would prefer a blowout in back instead of the front where the steering is.
I have done very little work since discoverering this channel. I have also spent a good few Irish euros on some new tools, for the cars benefit, not mine. This guy is a legend. I love honesty 👍
Costco refused to install new tires in the front despite my express instruction that I want the new tires in the front on my Sienna FWD only. So, I ended up rotating them myself as soon as I got home!
summer tires? their usually uni-directional so you can.
Paul Cheang if you are getting only two new tires, they do go on the back regardless of fwd or rwd. Scotty is wrong in this. Reason being you have bad tires in the back you can easily find yourself in a ditch or spinning into another lane when the road is wet. Dry pavement it doesn’t really matter though.
Have managed to see the aftermath of understeer in the rain around a curve, and also have been the victim of oversteer in the rain (in my tires defense I was actually trying to avoid an accident of someone running a redlight as I was making a left with an arrow and floored it, many years ago not sure how much tread was on each though but safe to say it would have happened regardless). I understand both the arguments for each, as you can argue that if you had a blowout due to worn tires (using the 2 tire purchase method, and most of your driving time will be on dry pavement) you would rather have it happen on a rear tire not a steer tire, especially when you consider the majority of vehicles have most of their weight on the front tires, but you can go back to the understeer in the rain as the idea is that you will notice it, slow down, and regain control which is simpler than trying to regain control if your rear swings around as the everyday driver won't have the knowledge or skills to regain control. I personally do prefer to replace all 4 tires though, helps to keep things even for treadwear warranties, but do also drive a Bronco, so I have more weight on the road than a small car and try to avoid driving at excessive speeds increasing any risks of losing traction. Now if we could educate people on the proper use of temporary spare tires as both temporary and not putting them on a steer axle, we might be doing some good in the world...
It's also the law in some states. So any shop wont to avoid getting sued.
Scotty youre an iron man, pure passion.. old school mechanic.. we appreciate all your efforts
I used to autocross back in the day and I remember a guy who had a turbo'd FC3S and he was having a hard time driving his cars through the slalom and hard turns. He was complaining that he just got 4 new tires. Turns out the tires were directional and he had 2 tires facing the wrong direction.
A repair place did that to me. I caught it by inspecting the car prior to taking and told them to fix it. Zero cares giving by companies any longer. It literally says the direction of the tire on it. They had to have seen it.
I had a motorcycle shop put my tires on the wrong direction and when I hit rain the bike was all over the road!
Test drove a car yrs ago & felt like complete garbage. Pulled back into the dealership & instantly looked at the tires. 2 front ones were spinning the wrong way. Guess that huge arrow showing direction of rotation only means something if it's YOUR car. Just like hundreds of other jobs
Amazing how many people aren't aware of that .
Holy wipeouts, Batman!
Howdy Scotty!! I was told DECADES ago to put the best tires on the back. But that never made sense to me. So, I'm right there with you, bud!! Front tires do the most braking AND they steer the car, that's where I want my best rubber. Front drive asks a LOT out of your front-end!
Yeah I've been putting the best tires on front of my front wheel drive car for years now. No blowouts at high speeds though so I can't say for sure one way or another. Just seems like want the best tires where the steering and engine weight is. But I don't run bald tires either. I replace the back too if they start going too low tread. It's more like I buy two new tires at a time and the older tires are on the back. But the back tires aren't getting as much wear so they aren't too low or uneven tread. So I don't think the blowout risk is exactly "high" back there.
That rant was beautiful
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I'm amazed with the dirty transmission fluid and bad shifting problem. Only an experienced mechanic such as Scotty can figure these kind of things out.
We should have it in the school curriculum to learn how to change a car tyre!
I never needed Algebra, since leaving school in 1995.
What if we never buy a car? Been using algebra every day since HS...
That's the year I was born..
Did your school teach spelling?
You use algebra everyday
Scotty, I watch you video’s all the time and you provide honest, truthful knowledge to general public, plus you give me different ideas to check too. Mike K. New York.
Thank you Scotty! I've been a delivery driver for 35 years. I've always had better handling with the better tires in the front. No matter what anybody says.
The reason you put the good tires in the back has nothing to do with handling. It's because a blowout in a rear tire, especially at speed, is a lot more dangerous than a blowout in a front tire.
@tedgey4286 can you educate me exactly how this happens? I would think a blowout on front would be more dangerous because the steering and engine weight. But maybe I'm wrong. I might not be understanding this well enough
It seems like I've had blowout in rear before and didn't fishtail or affect my steering. Just heard it and felt it and didn't lose any handling just slowed down and pulled off the road. If recall it was about 55 mph or something. But maybe the higher speeds 70s or 80s people drive now on the interstate it's different. High speeds or wet conditions might affect this. I'm trying to figure this out.
Scotty, I understand that for traction purposes you'd want your best tires on the front for a front wheel drive vehicle but I can tell you from having experienced it myself that you dont want your rear tires to be much different in tread and traction then the front ones. Years ago I had to stop abruptly on a wet road and the car started fish tailing because my rear tires did not have much tread left on them compared to.the front ones. As you break you feel the road more from the front because all the weight goes there but if your rear tires aren't that good it will play tricks on you where the front will give you a wrong sense of feeling of the overall breaking system. I enjoy your channel and your experience as a mechanic .
3:46 lady looking at him like he’s crazy😂
Probably his wife. She's a looker
@@jonathanking8800 gag
Come on kids, this neighborhood is not safe
@@jquest43 If you're gagging, just tell your boyfriend to back up a bit
that is his wife, at 1:53 you can see her Lexus parked there on the street and at 3:54 in the reflection of the car he is working on you can see her getting into the Lexus.
Solid information from the professional!
Scotty, the tire engineers say to put the best tires on the rear, the reasoning is that if a tire blows out on the rear you have a greater chance of losing control of the car and fish-tailing or possibly rolling it over. It's easier to control a blow out if it's on the front. Also, with most cars having ABS (Anti-lock Brake System) you don't have to worry too much about the front braking performance.
I can understand about fishtailing but it doesn't seem like if a tire blows on the front that it would be "easier to control" because all the steering is in the front and also the engine weight. But it's possible I'm wrong. Do all engineers agree with what you're saying or has this been studied and can you refer us to the studies? Thanks
@@tw8464 I think also for hydroplaning, if the front tires lose traction then the back tires with more tread performed marginally better. I'm sure its very negligible though.
@Archit3ct1 thank you. I'd been putting the better tires on the front but maybe I'm wrong. I need to look into the research
@Archit3ct1 I could be wrong for various reasons. It might be the greater engine weight helps tires with less tread get traction. So you have the better tread tires on the lighter weight rear. I've had trouble though with my front wheel drive car. If the tires on the front are at all lower tread it wants to spin out on the steep hills around here when the roads are wet. For example will pull up to a stop sign on a hill, stop and start to go again and if front tires are lower tread it often wants to spin. So that's part of why I'd put the better tires on the front. But I can also see the hydroplaning issue so I need to look into this more
Love it Scotty! I always replace my tires 4 at a time, but it's good to know that it's worth doing that way.
The idea of having the tyre's with best grip on the back is to help prevent oversteer,which is harder to control than understeer.
Correct . They should have never not replaced that bad tire .
4:11
At what speeds are we talking about here? Just curious
Yes! Finally someone with the same comments I have for the tire shops I have been dealing with! Why would you put the best tires on the back? They insist that is their policy...to avoid the back of the car breaking away...what a load of stupidity! Fully agree with you!!
"Tires are pretty round"
Ye sounds about right...
This is the only thing I 100% understand
Narrator (Ralphie in The Christmas Story as an adult): My old man's spare tires were only actually tires in the academic sense. They were round and had once been made of rubber.
* hand on chin * ah yes, I agree with your assessment
Where is the the tire information
Hi Scotty, recently read some "EXPERTS" saying better tread on the back because if they lose traction the car/truck will have the tendency to go sideways although this went against everything I believed. Not long after that I had two winter tires on the front of a FWD vehicle. In hard pack snow it actually got a little scary the back was drifting.
Now I use four winter tires on winter/four summers in summer, and rotate them all frequently enough so there's never that much difference in tread between front and back.
An extra used set of four factory alloys for most cars are in good supply and usually pretty cheap. Eliminates the need to remount tires on the rims twice a year in northern climates. Well worth it for a long term vehicle in my opinion.
Is this Mrs Kilmer at 3:47 ?
yes, I think so
I was NOT aware of the recall and I deeply thank you for bringing Harbor Freight stands up. Literally could have saved my life.
Man respects for all there vids
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I quote Scotty all the time to my friends.
When u tell them to rev up their engines?
Now u have none right 😂😂
Me too!
I agree with you on this Scotty as what you said is common sense. As it causes pulling and more. I always put 2 new tires on the front of my front wheel drive car, when I was driving one.
That's what I've been doing. It seems to handle better like that.
That worn tires on the front is one really old theory - almost as old as Scotty.
You are so right putting the better tyres on the front of a front wheel drive car. I also had this experience in 34 years of driving 2 million kilometers...
It’s a Chrysler damn damn damn‼️
So, in reality............a FIAT.
Don't be mean about the car. It's owned by a high paying customer🤣.
Seeing a good looking car that turns out to be a terrible car, is like seeing an attractive woman and finding out she's not really a woman. :(
I used to work for Michelin (manufacturing of tires), the best tires need to be in the back. This has been proved time and time again on their test track under all types of wet and slick conditions. If your front starts sliding, it is much easier to correct steering than if your back end slides out from you going around a curve on a wet road. Doesn't matter what whether it is front or rear wheel drive. It is a traction problem, not a drive problem. Granted rear wheel drives are not known for handling slick surfaces in the first place. The best tread in the back is a good temporary measure until you can replace all 4 tires. 4 new tires beats that every time.
Glad to have the Mustang intro back, Scotty's "rev up your engines" line was rough and he looked dislocated in the Supra.
Thank you Scotty for your honest professional advice. I have learned so much from you. Keep up the good work.
When I got a pair of new tires to replace the front tires on my front wheel drive car (for the same reason as the video), they told me they had to rotate the new ones to the back... I think they are full of it, too...
No, they are not "full of it" that is the industry standard today, to have the newer tires on the rear. This is to prevent hydroplaning or at least minimize the effects of it. This was just recently changed as the new standard I personally think this was to have tire companies make more money, because the front tires wear faster than the rear ones.
@@AaronFernandes__ you're right but it's not to make more money. Having the weaker tiers in front helps you feel when hydroplaning sooner before you completely lose control. Also apparently for the average driver is easier to recover loss of traction in front as opposed to having your tail suddenly kick out.
My tire place insists on always putting the new tires in the rear as well. I always believed that the new ones go in front. Next time, I am replacing all 4 , even though 2 of them still have some thread left, but the other 2 are really worn.
Good luck rotating my tires. I'm running staggered. Down side is, I replace the rears a lot more often than the rears. But braking helps more even wear all around.
I think they just do it for the money. I had worn tires in the front and good ones on the rear, my stability was so poor on dry roads, after rotating them, it had better stability. I'm getting 4 new tires on all tomorrow since the shop I used to take it rotated them wrong. Uneven wear on BOTH sides...uugh
So true! A Discount tire in Las Vegas tried to put my 2 new tires on the back of my front wheel drive Honda. It didn't make sense to me. I got them to put the tires on the front. Thanks for confirming my thoughts. Makes perfect sense.
They probably just did a standard tire rotation and the guy or guys doing it didn't even notice the car had 2 brands of tires.
If they're on the same axle it doesn't matter, i.e., two brands on one axle and two on the other. But if you have 3 of the same and 1 different it's another story.
Yeah, but thats something any good tech wouldve caught.
Also didn't torque nuts the correct patern...
Likely had a flat, and cheaped out with a used tire
Yep
Hey Scotty I have been following for many years I just wanna thank you for sharing your knowledge to everyone !
I'm surprised Scotty didn't start dissing Chrysler while driving it
I had a Volvo V70 turbo with 500.000 km when I sold it. Never changed clutch, waterpump etc. only oil and timingbelt and breake pads. The same for my previous Volvos.
that is because they are made by white people.
Good solid car. Last and best of a line. Since 2000+ Volvo has been less sturdy on the drivetrain component longevity.
I know of a story where a guy put snow chains on his car, he bought a set and put snow chains on the REAR tires... he was bragging about getting up the hill and all that, now what do you know, he calls my dad minutes later, guy was stuck in a ditch 😂 yep, guy's car wouldn't go around a corner with all that traction in the back!
at least he won't fishtail, but bruh, you gotta have enough traction to steer at all..
Friction
Scotty speaks the truth. Well done.
I got into an argument with the guy at the (Costo, I believe) tire shop about putting the two brand new tires I was getting on the rear of my front wheel drive 2004 Lexus Es330. They had these stupid posters on the wall about sliding sideways in a corner when icy, and that's why they have to put the new tires on the rear. I argued for a while saying all the things you did. I want the new tires on front in case my wife gets a blowout on the freeway. Front tire blowouts are terrible. Obviously I want the best tires on front. They refused to put the new tires on front. They moved the older rear tires on front and the new ones on the rear. I had to swap them myself when I got home. Idiots. I've seen the same signs at Walmart tire, Discount Tire... They all seem to be doing it now.
You're exactly right. It's absolute fricken nonsense
@@MzKandiLane
You are wrong. I have tried good tires in the front and bad in the back. They spin out like crazy in the snow. It was much better with them in the back as far as stability.
@@raydavies6236 shut up Roy, I noticed you didn't say Scotty was wrong? watch the fricken video, Sure seems to fix the issue. Btw It's for idiots who don't know how to steer into a skid, and drive with bald tires with no tread left. that's why they wAnt them on the back. I can see by your comment you're one of them. I have Always had my new tires rotated on the front of my front wheel drive cars. I live in ND and I dont skid all over the place, but I Also know how to drive and don't run on bald tires 😂 Awd/4Wd/rwd Suvs/trucks of course are a different story completely.
As a prior tire tech for a similar wholesale company, I find their refusal annoying. Yes, from a training and safety standpoint, you are supposed to put them on the rear for the sake of hydroplaning/general loss of control; it’s much easier to handle the front of the car in a slide or hydroplaning if the back isn’t fishtailing; you’d likely be able to get it under control. With all this being said, I had plenty of customers that wanted them in the front. If it went against the training, we simply noted on the paperwork that the customer preferred us to put them on the front and released us from any liability, end of story, not refuse.
Almost of them it’s policy for them but even after explaining to the customer, if they don’t want tires in the rear they still have a say to put them in the front. The customer has to sign their name of the understanding
Hi Scotty! I totally agree with you despite the "especialists" says that the best tires must be in the back... from my point of view, if it is a fron wheele drive car, the best ones must be allways on the front.
Always put the best tires on the drive wheels.
is confused in AWD
No.. Always put the best tires on the front of any vehicle. Stop and think about it... If, on a rear wheel drive vehicle, you put a crappy Tire on the front driver side and it blows out you may loose control. Steering a vehicle is always more important than driving a vehicle forward. So it doesn't matter if it's rear-wheel drive or front-wheel drive the best tires always go on the front.
You should always have the same tyres everywhere never mix up brands stick to 1
The only thing having the best tires on the back does is help prevent oversteer in rear wheel drive vehicles when the road is wet. I would much rather have the best tires in the front, because oversteer is much more correctable and controllable from the driver’s seat. Even then, most of the braking in ANY car is in the front, so the best tires will help you stop the best.
@@Userjdjddss in an ideal world this would always happen... sometimes circumstances occurs where you were forced into a situation and having one odd ball Tire. Perhaps you had a flat in a tire shop you went to didn't have a replacement ... who knows what can happen.
Also it's okay to have two different sets of paired. they don't all four have to match but you need to have the same pairs front and back.
Yes I agree I’ve been a mechanic for 60 years and I always put the best times on the front.All the tires stores do it wrong.
Then I guess, in Retardistan, ignorance is bliss?
“This tire is ‘Flat’ worn out.” 😂
I have the exact same jack stands as you. Purchase from Wheels Auto Supply, in Albany New York for about ten bucks each in the 80s. Still going strong holding strong
Give em hell Scotty !
Here is the reason they say to put good tires in the Back: in case you have to break hard and steer (e.g. highway accident) you can lose the back end if you have bad tires there. The accident statistics seem to match that idea. Thanks for the Videos. Love the channel!
Edit: It´s probably more important here in Germany then in the US.
Best tread is supposed to be in the rear to prevent spinning in a hydroplane situation.
On rwd. On fwd you want them on the front so it'll pull it through a spin. Best tires go on drive wheels
Lots of hydroplaning in Houston in summer, no doubt.
@@hawkeye4545 Ignorance is bliss!
Already knew about front tires vs back tires and agree 100%. Just watching because I enjoy your videos Sir.
Yes because on the front there is more weight. And it's front wheel drive so, they must be the same design and size aaaand quality 😉
Guy from snow country here. I once had only 2 snow tires. I put them on the front (front wheel drive), thinking the better traction is needed there for the same reasons you said. Had terrible fishtailing problems due to loss of grip on the back end and did a 270 spin going down a slight grade. In poor grip situations, grip is critical in the back.
Hi tjncooke: You are so right. Best tires to the rear.
3:48 Scottys neighbor looks back probably thinking “crazy Scotty is at it again talking to himself” not knowing he’s a UA-cam creator with millions of viewers and followers.
A lot of people think that new tires should be rotated to the back to prevent "fishtailing".
This is outdated thinking, based on the old rule of thumb with rear wheel drive cars. No longer applies.
Best tires on front with modern fwd cars. Scotty's right again!
Or the owner said "get it done cheap" and the mechanics said "okayyyy."
That whole electrically charged coolant educated guess of yours scotty is God like knowledge. I would have never thought of that.
You need a "Scotty's Car Care" franchise in Virginia.
Arizona too!
@@vickyandersen8660 Colorado too!
I agree with him on that depending on the drive train you want the one with better tread on front or back...I know most companies and other will talk about the hydroplane however that only depends on the street how much water is on the street and how fast your driving....my question for you Scotty is what would be the best for the better tire(s) for an AWD would it matter?
They told me the same crap at Sam's club about rotating the good tires on the back. I didn't argue but my spirit felt how dumb it sounds.
i go the runaround too, showed me a diagram on the wall how it creates oversteer.
I'm confused. Wouldn't you WANT to rotate good tires from the back to the front?
NEVER buy tires from Sam's club. They even rotated the tires wrong, which resulted in my car pulling to one direction. They couldn't even program an TPMS sensor, in which i was forced to do it at the dealership. Never again!!
I disagree new tires should be installed on the rear. Hydroplaned the rear end on a corner on a front wheel drive and you lost all control of the vehicle.
Bought four new tires at Pep boys. One was different. Drove them nuts. Scotty is correct. Even on rear wheel drive cars, I always piut the new tires on the front.
Wal Mart does this all the time.
I won’t even trust wal mart to sell me my pop tarts.
Oh god...
One went flat, they replaced that one. Extra effort to move the good rear crosswind to the front, then install the Goodyear on the rear.
I've been travelling and had to go to a Walmart to have a tire replaced, since they're open on Sunday, longer hours and easy to find. You have to tell them to put the new one to the rear.
A good video for the driver checking their own car for a wobble.
Round rires
No wierd wear
No play in the bushings or ball joints
Mismatched tires or a thick tread and a balding tread on the other
Poor inflation
Last but not least, warped rotors or worn shoes... But you have to take off the tire to see that usually.
Up here during the Winter, the tire store recommends the newer tires to go on the back (of a FWD car); they claim it's to prevent the car from spinning out when you hit a patch of compacted snow during a turn. The thinking is apparently if the front grips better than the back, the backend will swing out; and people instinctively handle understeer better than oversteer.
Well having worked on cars myself for a dealer, customers routinely refuse to accept advice given to them from techs. The Tire Shop may have warned the customer about mismatched tires and they just refused to believe it or didn't want to pay to have it done right.
(edit) And the policy at most shops is that new tires go on the rear. You'll usually see a diagram of it or something at your local tire shop. I've always disagreed with it, but them doing that doesn't mean they were idiots. Just following policy.
It just means the policy makers are the idiots.
@@ripvanrevs The policies are created by professionals with a lot more education in the field than you; there is a GOOD reason why they put the better tires on the rear.
@First Last Nope. It's easier to correct if you lose traction in the front than if you lose traction in the rear.
@First Last, I'm with you on that! They get to sell more tires, more money! I would ask the other guy... Are these experts with more "education" the same ones that gave us planned obselesence, the timing belt, and other things we "needed"?
The reason that good tires should always go on the rear regardless of if it’s FWD or RWD is traction while turning, worn tires on the rear will cause fishtailing and could cause the car to spin out more easily, sure, new tires on the front are good for braking in a straight line but literally any other movement of the car requires the backend to have more traction
Scotty, you're my inspiration dude
I've got an AWD car, so i need all 4 tires to be the same. Even though we have laws that requires to have the same type of tires on the axle(safety reasons).
@Mindaugus, What country is that?
@@AbcAbc-sp1od Lithuania.
Very helpful. I didn't know you couldn't mix tire brands.
Yeah I made that mistake as a teenager. I had a flat and put the spare on but the spare was an old radial tire that didn't match the other tires. It was horrible didn't handle well pulled to one side noisy definitely a problem. Realized different tires don't mix. Best to have same brand same tread basically same tire on all four.
The reason "they" tell you to put the best tires in the back is to avoid oversteer. I'm an engineer and would have to agree with that if asked in a way that would make me liable. Just don't ask me what I do.
Okay, I'll admit it. I put the best tires in the front.
That's plain stupid. I get liability issue atleast give the damm customers a damm option.
Agreed. Also, don't ask me what I do. This is about legal issues not logical ones.
From what i recall, bad tires in front is related to driving in a wet environment... Hyrdoplaning resulting in understeer vs oversteer.... But i understand Sotty's logic.
If I had a nickel for everytime Scotty calls other "technicians" idiots! 😂
Gotta call 'em as you see 'em.
Especially when Scotty is wrong which is more than a few times from what I e seen. He’s wrong on the new tires in the front as well. They do belong on the back of the car.
@@ohboy2592 He's not wrong about this.
I’m no mechanic. I am an electrician but I went to tires plus and got new tires for my 2004 Acura RSX (front wheel drive) and they put the good BRAND NEW tires on the back just like these guys!!! Gosh thank you so much I’m going to flip them things myself. I even told them don’t you want the best tires in the front because its front wheel drive?! Like gosh some people just don’t have common sense!! Lol
I love when Scotty talks trash.
Neno Branco....me too it’s great, it’s funny when he goes off on someone or something!
Scottys right I used to do tyres same applies to a rwd Best tyres on the back
WOW! It was nice to hear you talk about the idiots that would put the bad tires on the front. Back in the 60's I talked to a guy that worked at a service plaza on the NYS Thruway. An older lady pulled in to the tire area. She said that the car was riding funny and wanted the winter air changed for the summer air. Her guy back home charged her for that fine service at every season change. Anything for a buck!
My car would literally drive different after someone else would drive it. All I could figure was that the computer had adjusted to them. Am I crazy?
Thanks Scotty, great video again!! Greetings from the UK - I’m a proud owner of a 91k mile 2009 Toyota Avensis 2.0 diesel ‘station wagon’ 6 speed manual that had it’s MOT today. Needless to say, a walk in the park! I bought this baby at ten years old... I’ve owned 9 BMWs and don’t have the guts to buy anything other now than a Toyota or a Lexus!!