I am having same noise problem with my Agilis 61s.  I have had them for
about 10K miles.  In March I had them rotated and had full wheel
alignment/balance, etc., and now they are quite noisy although I have found
that running them at 50 psig f&r has quieted things down.

Why are these tires so noisy compared with Michelin 6PR 185R14s that came
with the early Vanagons?

John Lauterbach
Macon, GA
'84 7-passenger
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Garrett" <SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: Someone must know what tire pressure do use in Agilis 51 tire
s!

I kind of agree and disagree with you too. Yes, load has a lot to do with
it, but, I could not get my new Agilis tires to stop making so much noise on
the road (highway). When I adjusted the pressure down a little to
manufacture specs then my noise disappeared and handling/ride was much
better. I am not going to argue with what works !!!

To each his own.

Sean Garrett
1981 Westy (his)
1995 Eurovan Camper (hers)
sean.garrett@asu.edu

> -----Original Message-----
> From: CTONLINE@webtv.net [mailto:CTONLINE@webtv.net]
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 8:16 AM
> To: SEAN.GARRETT@asu.edu
> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Someone must know what tire pressure do use in Agilis 51
> tire s!
>
>
> Sean,
>
> I kinda disagree with the response you gave---
>
> If your running the van heavy, and the max load rating is at
> at specific
> pressure you best be running with what the tire mfg. recommends---not
> the vehicles mother----
>
> Different tires, different pressures, different load ratings---
>
> VW has no idea what kind of hoop you have on that Van----the
> recommended
> tire pressure stated on that tag is for the tires VW hung on that Van
> when new---not what you went out an bought for replacements-----
>
> I have a hard time swallowing that Michelin told you not to run Max
> pressure as they recommended on the sidewall--
>
> Why in the heck would the even bother to print it on the
> sidewall then?
>
> Later,
>
> Terry
>
>
> E-mail message
>
> I called Michelin and they said to run whatever the
> manufacturer of the
> vehicle recommends. NOT what is printed on the sidewall of the tire.
> They said that is the MAX pressure not the recommended pressure to run
> the tire on.
> Sean Garrett
> 1981 Westy (his)
> 1995 Eurovan Camper (hers)
> sean.garrett@asu.edu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Terry K. [mailto:CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET]
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 5:43 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Someone must know what tire pressure do use in Agilis 51
> tires!
> Follow the correct pressure recommendation printed on the
> sidewall-----
> Well--not really, because the Yokohama 356 D's I have ask for
> 65 psi for
> max load of 1850 lbs---but there is no way I'm going to run them tires
> that hard-----nor according to Discount Tire is it necessary,
> unless I'm
> running the Van at the maximum load-----
> So I'm running 40 psi all the way around.
> Common sense, as well as how the Vehicle handles should be a good
> indicator--
> But read the sidewall--it'll tell you all you ever wanted to
> know--this
> is more than likely why no one responded---
> Later,
> Terry
> E-mail message
> Subject: Someone must know what tire pressure do use in
> Agilis 51
> tires!
> This is a repost because I harbly got any replies. I want to
> make sure I
> am running the correct tire pressure in my 215/65- 15 Agilis
> 51 tires on
> my westy. What are you Volks running? Anyone know the Eurovan
> or SA Bus
> pressures for comparison?
> Thanks,
> Chris
>