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mike16 · 05-31-2017, 05:32 PM

congratulations on the fix.

I just wanted to add another possibility for the wandering front end question

I discovered that if you have two identical tire and wheel set up, and you inflate the tire pressure to identical PSI pressure. your tires may end up being different diameters!!! and that means they are of different circumfrence's. the distance around the outside of the tire.

you can meassure the circumfrance of each tire with a tape measure to see if they are of same or different diameters.

there are two ways to solve this problem,

one is to try to increse or decrese the pressure in each tire untill they are both of the same diameter

the other , used in racing, is the inflate each tire to the same pressure the take the one that is larger in diameter , put it on a machine that shaves tire rubber off the tread and have the machine turn down that larger tire to the same diameter as the smaller tire

it works well on expensive hi quality racing tires, but cheepo tires.... your going to leave alot of rubber on the ground.

either solution has its advantages and disadvantages, but cheep azz tires will do that

better to buy good reputable quality tires.

05-31-2017, 05:32 PM	#8
mike16 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: bisbee, arizona Posts: 1,529	Re: Road wander congratulations on the fix. I just wanted to add another possibility for the wandering front end question I discovered that if you have two identical tire and wheel set up, and you inflate the tire pressure to identical PSI pressure. your tires may end up being different diameters!!! and that means they are of different circumfrence's. the distance around the outside of the tire. you can meassure the circumfrance of each tire with a tape measure to see if they are of same or different diameters. there are two ways to solve this problem, one is to try to increse or decrese the pressure in each tire untill they are both of the same diameter the other , used in racing, is the inflate each tire to the same pressure the take the one that is larger in diameter , put it on a machine that shaves tire rubber off the tread and have the machine turn down that larger tire to the same diameter as the smaller tire it works well on expensive hi quality racing tires, but cheepo tires.... your going to leave alot of rubber on the ground. either solution has its advantages and disadvantages, but cheep azz tires will do that better to buy good reputable quality tires.