Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 13:46:22 -0500 (CDT)
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From: jbrill@unlinfo.unl.edu (James Brill)
Subject: Re: 6-ply tires???
>
> >
> > On Wed, 5 Oct 1994, John Ritchie wrote:
> > > > IF the max cold inflation pressure on the tire's sidewall
> > > > is LESS THAN what your tire information sticker on the driver's
> > > > door frame says... DO NOT INFLATE ABOVE THE MAX COLD INFLATION
> > > > PRESSURE!!!
> >
> You've got to get your attribution(s) right...*I* wrote the
> above admonition.
>
>
> > By the same token, I woulnd't buy tires that do not inflate to the
> > pressure recommended on the door frame. I have a problem now, however,
> > because the tires I just bought have a max of 50 lbs, and the recommended
> > is 48. Is that cutting it close, or is it ok? With bicycle tires, I
> > could always inflate to exactly the maximum pressure and it'd be fine. Is
> > this true of Automobile tires also?
> >
>
> MAX COLD INFLATION PRESSURE is exactly what it says...and is
> the tire makers recommendation. Whatever it says on the door frame
> is the VW recommedation for tires that meet VW's specification for
> your vehicle.
>
> EXCEEDING the tire manufacturer's recommended MAXimum is a NO NO...
>
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Sorry if this is getting kinda long but what about the tire specified
for the vehicle? My door frame says something like 29F and 32R. Now,
should I have 35 pound max tires or 40 or 50? What I mean is, are
those numbers on the door the posted max pressure for any tire (above
that rating) or are they the max for only the tire the bus came with?
Does any of this make sense or, to put it another way, should I care?
I have 36 max tires on there now inflated to 29 and 32, if I had 45
max tires should that change? Signed, Hopelessly Overly Cautious.
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