Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:15:38 -0400
Reply-To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Tire pressure '86 Westy
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Vehicle handling can be very subjective and I often find people are not
always able to explain the problem they are having.
When you refer to sway are you referring to side to side leaning when
cornering or during wind gusts or are you actually being blown to one side
or not able to take a desired path when cornering or lane control? So called
sway bars are really anti-roll bars. They reduce side to side leaning and
the only benefit they have for cornering or wind recovery is helping to
transfer some additional weight onto that outside tire.
No when you're are being blown around is the whole vehicle swinging over or
just the front? When you recover do you find yourself over correcting? Did
you do anything with the shocks/springs to go with those big tires? If you
raised the rear did you get the front caster angle reset to compensate? Give
some more detail and maybe I can help you more.
Dennis
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Art Ames
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 1:52 PM
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Subject: Re: Tire pressure '86 Westy
DynaPro AS model on a 2WD. Auto.
Actually, the sway is my #1 beef. At times, it was bad enough with wind
gusts across the Texas flatlands that I almost had to give up on driving for
the day.
So other than looking for a lower tire which I'll do when I go for
replacements, are there other ideas such as a more robust swaybar? Of
course, I assume that I may trade less sway for less forgiveness on rough
roads.
Art
On Mar 13, 2012, at 9:43 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> There are a number of different Hankook tires in that size so which
> one? Is this on a Syncro or 2WD? That is a tall tire which is not
> ideal for handling and niehter is a truck tire. I would try going a
> little higher in the front say 42 and see if that helps.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of Art Ames
>
> Hankook LT215/75R15.
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> BTW, 4,400 miles on maiden voyage( for me) so far for me and so far...
> knocking on wood.
>
> Art
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