[Healeys] Fw: Tires again

[John Soderling]

Yes, and in addition to excessive wear and poor handling, the excessive flex 
in the sidewalls will generate very high tire heat which can lead to tire 
failure.

Vrooom,
John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Nock" <healeydoc at verizon.net>
To: "Peter Schauss" <schauss at worldnet.att.net>
Cc: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Tires again


> Those tire pressures were for the old  bias Ply tires, if you run  that 
> low of a pressure in a steel belted tire you will have excessive  wear and 
> poor handeling/
>
> On Dec 15, 2009, at 7:26 PM, Peter Schauss wrote:
>
>> I have always followed the recommendation in the owner's manual 25#  in 
>> the
>> front and 30# in the rear.  When I got my new tires from Hendrix he
>> recommended 30# on all four.  I tried that, but the car did not  hold the
>> road as well so I dropped the fronts back to 25#.
>>
>> Peter Schauss
>> 1963 BJ7
>> 1980 MGB