Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 10:15:55 -0500
Reply-To: "Terry K." <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: "Terry K." <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
Subject: Re: Someone must know what tire pressure do use in Agilis 51 tire
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In-Reply-To: Sean Garrett <SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU>'s message of Thu, 23 May 2002
07:53:08 -0700
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Sean,
I kinda disagree with the response you gave---
If your running the van heavy, and the max load rating is at at specific
pressure you best be running with what the tire mfg. recommends---not
the vehicles mother----
Different tires, different pressures, different load ratings---
VW has no idea what kind of hoop you have on that Van----the recommended
tire pressure stated on that tag is for the tires VW hung on that Van
when new---not what you went out an bought for replacements-----
I have a hard time swallowing that Michelin told you not to run Max
pressure as they recommended on the sidewall--
Why in the heck would the even bother to print it on the sidewall then?
Later,
Terry
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I called Michelin and they said to run whatever the manufacturer of the
vehicle recommends. NOT what is printed on the sidewall of the tire.
They said that is the MAX pressure not the recommended pressure to run
the tire on.
Sean Garrett
1981 Westy (his)
1995 Eurovan Camper (hers)
sean.garrett@asu.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Terry K. [mailto:CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET]
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 5:43 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Someone must know what tire pressure do use in Agilis 51
tires!
Follow the correct pressure recommendation printed on the sidewall-----
Well--not really, because the Yokohama 356 D's I have ask for 65 psi for
max load of 1850 lbs---but there is no way I'm going to run them tires
that hard-----nor according to Discount Tire is it necessary, unless I'm
running the Van at the maximum load-----
So I'm running 40 psi all the way around.
Common sense, as well as how the Vehicle handles should be a good
indicator--
But read the sidewall--it'll tell you all you ever wanted to know--this
is more than likely why no one responded---
Later,
Terry
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Subject: Someone must know what tire pressure do use in
Agilis 51
tires!
This is a repost because I harbly got any replies. I want to make sure I
am running the correct tire pressure in my 215/65- 15 Agilis 51 tires on
my westy. What are you Volks running? Anyone know the Eurovan or SA Bus
pressures for comparison?
Thanks,
Chris
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