Kelly, What you have is a potentially DANGERIOUS COMBINATION OF TIRES !!! Because you are running conventional tires in the back of a rear engined vehicle, you are set-up for very excessive oversteer. In other words, your bus will be VERY EASY to spin. As a stop-gap, unil you can dispose of the Uniroyals, move the Uniroyals to the front and Contis to the back. I suggest inflation pressures of 35 psi front and 43 psi rear. Buy another pair of tires, same size and load range as the Contis, ASAP to replace the Uniroyals.
--- On Mon, 3 Mar 1997 12:34:45 -0600 Kelly Bauman <bauman@ican.net> wrote: >I have checked the archives back to the beginning and have yet to find >exactly the answer I am looking for regarding mixing of tire types. > >The PO of my 91 Westy had Uniroyal M&S car tires on the back with stock >Conti LT tires on the front. The rear tires have a max inflation of 35 psi >versus 55 psi for the front. My door sticker calls for 43 psi front and 53 >psi rear. > >I plan to ditch the Uniroyals, however, until I do I am not sure what >inflations to run. 35 rear 53 front, 35 all around, 35 rear 28 front, some >other combo or definately not at all. > >Michael Stocker and Steve Maher came close to answering these questions in >some archived mail but I welcome the experience and feedback of the entire >list on how I should proceed. > >Kelly Bauman >Delta, BC >email: bauman@ican.net >91 Westy > -----------------End of Original Message----------------- ________________________________________________ Michael Stocker <mdstockr@neo.lrun.com> North Canton, Ohio, USA Time: 2:48:12 PM LiMBO / GASS Date: 3/3/97 1989 Audi 90 Quattro Wanted: Nice 1968-> air cooled or diesel Previous VW's: '66-T3, '67-T1 & '70-T2 Westi ________________________________________________
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