avon safety mileage 400-19 up front?

[sbaugz]

Looking to get some safety mileage 400-19 tires for up front to go with the safety mileage 500-16 in the rear. Probably is, Avon clearly says the 400-19 is meant for the rear. I even contacted the customer service department and got some knucklehead who initially told me "we don't make those tires anymore". I corrected him and proceeded to tell me that those are rear tires. No sh!t- I could see that on their web page, that they were listed as rear tires. I see these mounted up front all the time. Is this safe? Is this recommended? Should I swap the rotation direction on them?
I don't really want the speedmaster front tires because I don't like the tread and I wanted something chunkier. I suppose I could go with a different brand up front- maybe a dunlop K70 or something bigger. THanks for the help.

 

[willyguzzi53]

As a general rule tires are mounted backwards from each other depending on whether they are on the front or the rear. If you look at the sidewalls of a tire that can be mounted on the front or the rear you will see 2 sets of arrows. The front tire's main job is braking traction and the rear tire's job is forward traction.

 

[jd750ace]

Safe and very often done. Reasons stated above for reversing rotation are sound advice, however you can safely run it in the same direction of the rear. I have a rear 130/90-16 Michelin commander on the front of my Road Star now. It's reverse rotation mounted, but I know of several that are not.