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Subject:Re: Wrong tires and wrong tire pressure
From:David Beierl
Date:Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:37:08 -0400
At 10:41 PM 3/15/2009, Bernie wrote:
>The tires has a maximum of 36 pounds psi and apparently the shop that
>maintained vehicle put 45 in them.

Which probably corresponded to the door sticker...perhaps they made
the silly assumption that the owner would have put correctly-rated
tires on his vehicle...perhaps they failed to adjust pressures for
the unknown larger size.  The door sticker on my '84 Westy *only*
specified 185R14 Reinforced, with pressures of 40 front, 48 rear.

The one on the "new" '89 I'm fighting with right now says 185 R 14C
6PR 43/53 psi or 205/70R14 Reinforced, LI 97 30/40 psi.

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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'89 Po' White Star "Scamp"