new tyres strange handling

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Paul

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• Nov 8, 2005

• #1

just put two new tyres on the back of my disco, it now has a strange feel to
the road holding. coming up the M1 Saturday it felt as if the steering had a
lot of play in it, the disco was weaving slightly certainly did not feel
right so I pulled on to hard shoulder checked the steering and it felt fine
carried on driving sedately and it was ok. since then it seems that at
around 50 mph if you veer side to side slightly its as if the back end is
moving slightly sort of like the roll is worse, certainly a strange feeling.
the old tyres on the front are Goodyear and the new on the back are marshals
(the old were Goodyear and it drove fine), all are inflated to the manuals
figures, 26 psi front 34 psi back. any suggestions? I think at the weekend I
will put the new on the front and see if its any better.

Paul

 

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Marc Draper

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• Nov 8, 2005

• #2

In message <[email protected]>, Paul
<[email protected]> writes
>just put two new tyres on the back of my disco, it now has a strange feel to
>the road holding. coming up the M1 Saturday it felt as if the steering had a
>lot of play in it, the disco was weaving slightly certainly did not feel
>right so I pulled on to hard shoulder checked the steering and it felt fine
>carried on driving sedately and it was ok. since then it seems that at
>around 50 mph if you veer side to side slightly its as if the back end is
>moving slightly sort of like the roll is worse, certainly a strange feeling.
>the old tyres on the front are Goodyear and the new on the back are marshals
>(the old were Goodyear and it drove fine), all are inflated to the manuals
>figures, 26 psi front 34 psi back. any suggestions? I think at the weekend I
>will put the new on the front and see if its any better.
>
>Paul



Are your wheel nuts tight ?

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Pete S

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• Nov 8, 2005

• #3

"Paul" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> just put two new tyres on the back of my disco, it now has a strange feel
> to the road holding. coming up the M1 Saturday it felt as if the steering
> had a lot of play in it, the disco was weaving slightly certainly did not
> feel right so I pulled on to hard shoulder checked the steering and it
> felt fine carried on driving sedately and it was ok. since then it seems
> that at around 50 mph if you veer side to side slightly its as if the back
> end is moving slightly sort of like the roll is worse, certainly a strange
> feeling. the old tyres on the front are Goodyear and the new on the back
> are marshals (the old were Goodyear and it drove fine), all are inflated
> to the manuals figures, 26 psi front 34 psi back. any suggestions? I think
> at the weekend I will put the new on the front and see if its any better.
>
> Paul
>
I put 4 new tyres on my Disco, Goodyear Wranglers, drove away from the
garage in my usual way only to feel myself drifting all over the road.
Quickly slowed down and pottered home after checking that the tyre pressures
were OK. It went away after a couple of hundred miles. I put it down to the
tyres runnuing in and wearing off the little spikes.

Peter.

 

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Paul

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• Nov 8, 2005

• #4

"Pete S" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Paul" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> just put two new tyres on the back of my disco, it now has a strange feel
>> to the road holding. coming up the M1 Saturday it felt as if the steering
>> had a lot of play in it, the disco was weaving slightly certainly did not
>> feel right so I pulled on to hard shoulder checked the steering and it
>> felt fine carried on driving sedately and it was ok. since then it seems
>> that at around 50 mph if you veer side to side slightly its as if the
>> back end is moving slightly sort of like the roll is worse, certainly a
>> strange feeling. the old tyres on the front are Goodyear and the new on
>> the back are marshals (the old were Goodyear and it drove fine), all are
>> inflated to the manuals figures, 26 psi front 34 psi back. any
>> suggestions? I think at the weekend I will put the new on the front and
>> see if its any better.
>>
>> Paul
>>
> I put 4 new tyres on my Disco, Goodyear Wranglers, drove away from the
> garage in my usual way only to feel myself drifting all over the road.
> Quickly slowed down and pottered home after checking that the tyre
> pressures were OK. It went away after a couple of hundred miles. I put it
> down to the tyres runnuing in and wearing off the little spikes.
>
> Peter.
>

hopefully that's what my problem is, think I'll leave it a couple of weeks
and see how it goes

 

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Samuel

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• Nov 8, 2005

• #5

"Paul" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Pete S" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > "Paul" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >> just put two new tyres on the back of my disco, it now has a strange
feel
> >> to the road holding. coming up the M1 Saturday it felt as if the
steering
> >> had a lot of play in it, the disco was weaving slightly certainly did
not
> >> feel right so I pulled on to hard shoulder checked the steering and it
> >> felt fine carried on driving sedately and it was ok. since then it
seems
> >> that at around 50 mph if you veer side to side slightly its as if the
> >> back end is moving slightly sort of like the roll is worse, certainly a
> >> strange feeling. the old tyres on the front are Goodyear and the new on
> >> the back are marshals (the old were Goodyear and it drove fine), all
are
> >> inflated to the manuals figures, 26 psi front 34 psi back. any
> >> suggestions? I think at the weekend I will put the new on the front and
> >> see if its any better.
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
> > I put 4 new tyres on my Disco, Goodyear Wranglers, drove away from the
> > garage in my usual way only to feel myself drifting all over the road.
> > Quickly slowed down and pottered home after checking that the tyre
> > pressures were OK. It went away after a couple of hundred miles. I put
it
> > down to the tyres runnuing in and wearing off the little spikes.
> >
> > Peter.
> >
>
> hopefully that's what my problem is, think I'll leave it a couple of weeks
> and see how it goes
>
>

if they are not balanced properly, the tyres can set up vibrations at
particular speeds which can cause all manner of wierd handling. the place
near me charges $5 per tyre (aussie dollars) to balance if you bring the
tyre in already off the car, so i can't imagine it being much more wherever
you are. Worth a try.

Sam.

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Nov 9, 2005

• #6

On or around Tue, 8 Nov 2005 19:19:28 -0000, "Paul"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>

>
>hopefully that's what my problem is, think I'll leave it a couple of weeks
>and see how it goes

I've an idea that brand-new tyres still have slippery stuff on 'em sometimes
from the moulding process, take a few miles to wear off.



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Ray

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• Nov 9, 2005

• #7

Austin Shackles wrote:

> On or around Tue, 8 Nov 2005 19:19:28 -0000, "Paul"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>
>
>>
>>hopefully that's what my problem is, think I'll leave it a couple of weeks
>>and see how it goes
>
> I've an idea that brand-new tyres still have slippery stuff on 'em
> sometimes from the moulding process, take a few miles to wear off.
>
>
>

Definitely. When you get new tyres on a motorbike they are very slippery
for the first few (tens of) miles. Have to go very carefully round
corners, and 'scrub them in' by weaving bizarrely at low speed to get the
slippery stuff off of the edges of the tyres. It is the same with car
tyres, but you don't have to do the weaving thing because the profile is
flat to the road, rather than curved.

If that made sense.
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Ray

 

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Paul - xxx

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• Nov 9, 2005

• #8

Austin Shackles came up with the following;:
> On or around Tue, 8 Nov 2005 19:19:28 -0000, "Paul"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>
>
>>
>> hopefully that's what my problem is, think I'll leave it a couple of
>> weeks and see how it goes
>
> I've an idea that brand-new tyres still have slippery stuff on 'em
> sometimes from the moulding process, take a few miles to wear off.

My new BFG AT's certainly felt 'iffy' for the first hundred miles, maybe
more.

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Paul ...
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