I have had multiple sets of Yokohama 356's on my 84 Westy with reasonable results. Never had any stability problems, though felt like wear characteristics were not very good. Your 43/53 tire pressures are getting close to what I have run. I have had good luck with Michelins on other cars, but have never had them on a Vanagon. I would take a careful look at other front end components as well as switching tires. I have had handling and wear problems from bad shocks, as well as the typical tie rod ends and ball joint issues. And you could very well have a bad set of Yoko's. Good luck. PS, I have Continentals now, and like them better than Yoko's. Jim Henry Durham, NC 84 Westy > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] > On Behalf Of mad madeline > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 2:20 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Tire Choice Question > > Irecently purshased a new set of Yokohama 356s @ 185 > r14 8ply. Since the first moment I drove the van it wass all > over the road. Like a pick-up with a load of gravel in the > back. We changed the tire pressure from > 38/43 F/R to 44/44 to 43/53 and the handling did not change. > Gets worse with speed. It was so bad that we aborted the > trip. So now the tire dealer has offered to put whatever tire > we want on it. > I have always had good luck with michelins and Have never had > good results with any other brand. So I need to decide > between the 1)Agelis 185r14 or 2) LTX 195 70 > 14 (dont have my notes in front and may be 195 75 14). > The previous tires were 205 LTXs which seem to not be made > now. The van drove nicely with those. Does it steer so bad > because of the 185 size?? Thoughts? > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > ______________________ > Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate > in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367 > |
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