On Tue, 4 Oct 94 21:17:06 CDT Paul Uusitalo,CoSA said: >Which Trailhandlers did you get? There are several different models >available. I bought the Trailhandler APTs for my 87 Syncro and am quite >pleased with them. They are a load range C tire and for me there was a >dramatic decrease in the type of behavior you are describing when I >installed them in place of the non-reinforced Tirestone all-season radials >that were mounted when I purchased it. >One thing to check. The Sears guys inflated my tires to 30 PSI all around, >rather than to the manual's specifications. additional info: i just went out and looked at my Michelin XZX 'reinforced' tires. on the sidewall is written: tread 2 rayon plies + 2 steel plies sidewall 2 rayon plies so i guess the '6-ply' IS the total of all the tread and sidewall. hmmmm. i sure thought the sidewall was stronger than just 2 plies. but that would why it was so much 'easier' for sharp objects to penetrate the sidewalls than the tread. joel
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