Directional Tyre Rotation Puzzle - Which side?

zapata

I have a directional (Accelera Alpha) tyre on the rear drivers side at the moment but I'm not sure if it's the correct side. If the word 'Rotation' is at the top of the wheel - should the 'N' (double long lines) or the 'R' (short single line) be facing in the direction of travel.
Sore head atm and can't figure this out. :rolleyes:
See pic:

Pkiernan

IMO, that tyre should be mounted on the left side of the vehicle.

kc66

Pkiernan wrote: »

IMO, that tyre should be mounted on the left side of the vehicle.

+1. The shape around rotation shows that the R should be towards the front.

Seth Brundle

I don't know about that - its more the direction of the arrow as presumably the other side of the tyre also has rotation but instead of the arrow being <--- it would be --->

coylemj

Those two spikes running to the right of 'Rotation' say to me that the tyres should be fitted to the right side of the car, the arrows clearly indicate that the tyre should rotate clockwise. If it's currently on the offside rear as you say then it's correctly fitted

Seth Brundle

I would disagree. From looking at the pic the OP supplied against the following pic for them, the tyres should be on the passenger side of the car and rotate anti-clockwise in this case.


IMO the tail of the "arrow" is split in two. The point of the arrow is the single point.

Pkiernan

Pkiernan wrote: »

IMO, that tyre should be mounted on the left side of the vehicle.

100 per cent correct, the two trailing arrows are not signifying direction

mickdw

The 'R' should be towards the front so as mounted to that wheel, it must be used on passenger side.

It could be fitted differently to the actual wheel if it was needed for other side.

Nissan doctor

As it stands now, that tyre should be on the left side, however it can be removed and fitted the other way on the wheel if its to stay on the right side.

The direction notice on the accelera's is open to confusion as it isn't quite as obvious as most manufacturers however the threads of directional tyres are mostly like arrows themselves, so should always be rotating to the front of the car.

zapata

Thanks all. I moved it to the nearside\passenger\left hand side rear. When I had the tyre off - the thread pattern did look as it was designed to allow water to disperse backwards from the centre of the wheel - if that makes sense.

Paddy001

I've fitted plenty of these, the rotation is the direction the single one points to, also I've never seen a rotational tyre that doesn't have the 'V' shape of the tread facing forwards, same as a tractor tyre