Robert:
For the sake of the newbies on the list, I wanted to mention
again that "old" tires should not be regarded as safe. IF you have a set
of redlines on your car, check carefully for the date of manufacture.
Ford is now recommending that tires be replaced every seven years no
matter how much tread remains. This came out of the explorer exploding
tire debacle, when it was determine that older tires had more of a
problem than newer tires.
Ozone attacks the rubber even when the car is just sitting. The
tire will begin to check and split, and risk of a blowout rises sharply.
So inspect those old redlines folks. If they are checking, or if
they are more than 7 years old, you are running on borrowed time. Be
careful out there...
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: 6pack-bounces+vance.navarrette=intel.com@autox.team.net
[mailto:6pack-bounces+vance.navarrette=intel.com@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Robert Liam Gannon
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 9:16 AM
To: 'Bob'; 'Six Pack'
Subject: Re: [6pack] Tire sizes
Bob wrote: I have older 185-15 tires on my car that should be replaced.
The car tracks perfectly straight on any road at any speed hands off no
problem.
That said, does the point made regarding changing to 205/70 tires mean
they
might bring out a steering component problem.
<snip>
Robert L. Gannon
http://home.comcast.net/~trsix74/wsb/index.html
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