Then there's the other extreme:

I just had 4 new Yokohama Y356 tires put on a van last week and the tire guy
pumped them up to 65psi.  Didn't take too long for me to figure out why the
van was riding a bit rough.

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of The Bus Depot
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 5:48 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: vanagon Digest - 9 Feb 2005 - Special issue (#2005-129)

> The tire inflation sticker on my 83.5 wbx full westy (cdn)
> states front 33 psi, rear 40 psi.  On what do you base
> "but at 36 psi you will be underinflating your tires based
> on VW spec."?

I should have been more specific. It depends on the year/model, but at least
in the rear, 36 psi would be underinflated on all Vanagons. Underinflating a
tire will reduce the load bearing capacity of the sidewall, and cause it to
heat up and flex more -a particularly serious issue on a Vanagon, which
requires an unusually stiff sidewall. This can adversely affect handling,
particularly in emergency situations. It also can result in premature tire
wear. See http://urlcut.com/1aqnp for more info on this.

(For those who don't like URL redirects, here's the amazingly long original
URL: )
http://www.consumerreports.org/main/detailv4.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=113397&
FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=113261&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=333137

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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