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Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If
you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. What do ya`ll think? |
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Herb Eneva wrote:
Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. What do ya`ll think? I think first of all you shouldn't have tires that bad that you're concerned... However, the logic is precisely backwards...it's much easier to control if you have both front tires than only one--it is, after all, those that are tied to the steering wheel. It's also more likely to cause a rollover if a front drops and gouges thus causing a full-bore cranking of the front wheels one direction or t'other at speed. Put the new ones on the front... -- |
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On Sep 2, 2:14*pm, (Herb Eneva) wrote:
Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. * * * * * * What do ya`ll think? == Best tires on front. == |
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On Sep 2, 3:14*pm, (Herb Eneva) wrote:
Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. * * * * * * What do ya`ll think? Other than using one for a spare and only a spare, I wouldn't! But what the hell, I am crazy old man who enjoys life. |
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On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:14:49 -0400, Herb Eneva wrote:
Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. What do ya`ll think? You want the best tires in the front where the steering and most of the braking occurs and where the most weight is and if front wheel drive, where the traction is needed. |
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Herb Eneva wrote:
Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. What do ya`ll think? Buy a casket with lug nuts. Then they can put your tires on it when they bury you. If you're tires are so bad that you worry about where to put them, they need to be REPLACED. Take a survey of your family members. "What color casket would you like?" |
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On 2010-09-02, mike wrote:
Buy a casket with lug nuts. Then they can put your tires on it when they bury you. If you're tires are so bad that you worry about where to put them, they need to be REPLACED. Take a survey of your family members. "What color casket would you like?" The correct answer! I jes had my bad front tires replaced. The tire dealer said the tread was already separating from the core and it was jes a matter of miles before I lost a front tire. Replace them. nb |
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On Sep 2, 4:14*pm, (Herb Eneva) wrote:
Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. * * * * * * What do ya`ll think? Watch this video...some people might be surprised. http://www.dunntire.com/Learning_Cen...ideo_new_tires or read this: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=52 or this: http://www.goodyeartires.com/faqs/Care.html#s9 Answer: New tires go on the rear of the vehicle - FWD, RWD, 4WD or AWD |
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On Sep 2, 7:03*pm, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Sep 2, 4:14*pm, (Herb Eneva) wrote: Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. * * * * * * What do ya`ll think? Watch this video...some people might be surprised. http://www.dunntire.com/Learning_Cen...ideo_new_tires or read this: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=52 or this: http://www.goodyeartires.com/faqs/Care.html#s9 Answer: New tires go on the rear of the vehicle - FWD, RWD, 4WD or AWD "Answer: New tires go on the rear of the vehicle - FWD, RWD, 4WD or AWD" Allow me to rephrase that... Answer: The tires with the deepest tread go on the rear of the vehicle - FWD, RWD, 4WD or AWD If the new tires do not have as deep a tread as the old ones then they should go on the front. |
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Herb Eneva wrote:
Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. What do ya`ll think? Best tires on the front to help with emergency braking. In emergency braking, weight shifts to the front, providing increased frictional force. |
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On Sep 2, 6:03*pm, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Sep 2, 4:14*pm, (Herb Eneva) wrote: Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. * * * * * * What do ya`ll think? Watch this video...some people might be surprised. http://www.dunntire.com/Learning_Cen...ideo_new_tires or read this: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=52 or this: http://www.goodyeartires.com/faqs/Care.html#s9 Answer: New tires go on the rear of the vehicle - FWD, RWD, 4WD or AWD Note that all the recommendations mentioned are based on hydroplaning on wet roads. Blowouts and flats at highway speed are a entirely different case. So the decision should be based on your expected conditions. Would drivers in the SW really be concerned with hydroplaning more than tire heat? |
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"Herb Eneva" wrote in message ... Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. What do ya`ll think? Bad tires go to the recycling place. Best tires go on the back, Good or better tires on the front. I see many answer to put the good tires on the front. That was the common method for many years, but now it is proved that the better tires should go on the rear. I cannot recall where I saw it, but a web site has a video showing why and it does make sense. |
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On Sep 2, 7:32*pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
Herb Eneva wrote: Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. * * * * * * What do ya`ll think? Best tires on the front to help with emergency braking. In emergency braking, weight shifts to the front, providing increased frictional force. Think about what you just said. As the extra weight shifts to the front, the weight will increase the traction. Therefore, the increased traction compensates for the less tread. I can't shift weight to the rear, so the rear tires have more chance of skidding if they have less tread. Besides, most drivers can control a skidding front end better than a skidding rear end. Therefore it makes more sense to do our best to keep the rear end from skidding. Let's keep in mind that we're not talking bald tires vs. brand new. If anyone is driving on unsafe tires, then all bets are off. Look, it's not just me making this argument. Please find me a modern, credible site that says the best tires go on the front. I know that that used to be the conventional thinking and even I was surprised to see a sign stating that in a tire shop a few months ago. Times - and wisdom - change. |
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On Sep 2, 7:39*pm, Red wrote:
On Sep 2, 6:03*pm, DerbyDad03 wrote: On Sep 2, 4:14*pm, (Herb Eneva) wrote: Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. * * * * * * What do ya`ll think? Watch this video...some people might be surprised. http://www.dunntire.com/Learning_Cen...ideo_new_tires or read this: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=52 or this: http://www.goodyeartires.com/faqs/Care.html#s9 Answer: New tires go on the rear of the vehicle - FWD, RWD, 4WD or AWD Note that all the recommendations mentioned are based on hydroplaning on wet roads. *Blowouts and flats at highway speed are a entirely different case. So the decision should be based on your expected conditions. *Would drivers in the SW really be concerned with hydroplaning more than tire heat? Yes I noticed that, but there are also many other sites that say the same thing about rear placement of the best tires and don't mention hydroplaning. Braking traction and skidding, even in good conditions, are stated as the reasons. See my response to HeyBub about weight transfer. I ain't making this up, I'm just keeping up with the times. |
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On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 19:55:44 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
"Herb Eneva" wrote in message ... Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. What do ya`ll think? Bad tires go to the recycling place. Best tires go on the back, Good or better tires on the front. I see many answer to put the good tires on the front. That was the common method for many years, but now it is proved that the better tires should go on the rear. I cannot recall where I saw it, but a web site has a video showing why and it does make sense. That's what I would think, too. The back end had better stay back there. OTOH, a blowout in the front can ruin your day, too. Modern tires don't tend to self-destruct that way, though. |
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On Sep 2, 6:17*pm, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Sep 2, 7:32*pm, "HeyBub" wrote: Herb Eneva wrote: Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. * * * * * * What do ya`ll think? Best tires on the front to help with emergency braking. In emergency braking, weight shifts to the front, providing increased frictional force. Think about what you just said. As the extra weight shifts to the front, the weight will increase the traction. Therefore, the increased traction compensates for the less tread. I can't shift weight to the rear, so the rear tires have more chance of skidding if they have less tread. Besides, most drivers can control a skidding front end better than a skidding rear end. Therefore it makes more sense to do our best to keep the rear end from skidding. Let's keep in mind that we're not talking bald tires vs. brand new. If anyone is driving on unsafe tires, then all bets are off. Look, it's not just me making this argument. Please find me a modern, credible site that says the best tires go on the front. I know that that used to be the conventional thinking and even I was surprised to see a sign stating that in a tire shop a few months ago. Times - and wisdom - change. == Exactly so...we were taught that the best tread should be on the front for winter driving if we couldn't afford four new tires...now we are told otherwise and the tire salesman say get ALL four winter tires to be safe. Since when most cars were rear drive and we were taught how to drive, things have changed. My present vehicle has front wheel drive and it took a while to get used to this. == == |
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On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:44:06 -0700 (PDT), Roy wrote:
On Sep 2, 6:17*pm, DerbyDad03 wrote: On Sep 2, 7:32*pm, "HeyBub" wrote: Herb Eneva wrote: Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. * * * * * * What do ya`ll think? Best tires on the front to help with emergency braking. In emergency braking, weight shifts to the front, providing increased frictional force. Think about what you just said. As the extra weight shifts to the front, the weight will increase the traction. Therefore, the increased traction compensates for the less tread. I can't shift weight to the rear, so the rear tires have more chance of skidding if they have less tread. Besides, most drivers can control a skidding front end better than a skidding rear end. Therefore it makes more sense to do our best to keep the rear end from skidding. Let's keep in mind that we're not talking bald tires vs. brand new. If anyone is driving on unsafe tires, then all bets are off. Look, it's not just me making this argument. Please find me a modern, credible site that says the best tires go on the front. I know that that used to be the conventional thinking and even I was surprised to see a sign stating that in a tire shop a few months ago. Times - and wisdom - change. == Exactly so...we were taught that the best tread should be on the front for winter driving if we couldn't afford four new tires...now we are told otherwise and the tire salesman say get ALL four winter tires to be safe. Of course they wouldn't have any other motivation to sell four tires rather than two, right? Costco wouldn't sell two snow tires, some years back. All tires had to be matched. I let my membership lapse shortly after. Since when most cars were rear drive and we were taught how to drive, things have changed. My present vehicle has front wheel drive and it took a while to get used to this. FWD is quite different. |
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On 9/2/2010 3:14 PM, Herb Eneva wrote:
Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. What do ya`ll think? agree. btdt a few times. -- Steve Barker remove the "not" from my address to email |
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On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:03:01 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote: On Sep 2, 4:14Â*pm, (Herb Eneva) wrote: Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* What do ya`ll think? Watch this video...some people might be surprised. http://www.dunntire.com/Learning_Cen...ideo_new_tires or read this: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=52 or this: http://www.goodyeartires.com/faqs/Care.html#s9 Answer: New tires go on the rear of the vehicle - FWD, RWD, 4WD or AWD Having driven competetively I'd have to dissagree. But the BEST is to have all 4 tires up to snuff. |
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On Sep 2, 6:20*pm, "
wrote: On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 19:55:44 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote: "Herb Eneva" wrote in message ... Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. * * * * * * What do ya`ll think? Bad tires go to the recycling place. Best tires go on the back, Good or better tires on the front. I see many answer to put the good tires on the front. *That was the common method for many years, but now it is proved that the better tires should go on the rear. *I cannot recall where I saw it, but a web site has a video showing why and it does make sense. That's what I would think, too. *The back end had better stay back there. OTOH, a blowout in the front can ruin your day, too. *Modern tires don't tend to self-destruct that way, though. == A blow-out at 110 MPH can still be quite jolting when it happens...especially so with a front tire. I have had them run right off the rim...not for the faint of heart while driving in the mountains. == |
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On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:31:38 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote: On Sep 2, 7:03Â*pm, DerbyDad03 wrote: On Sep 2, 4:14Â*pm, (Herb Eneva) wrote: Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* What do ya`ll think? Watch this video...some people might be surprised. http://www.dunntire.com/Learning_Cen...ideo_new_tires or read this: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=52 or this: http://www.goodyeartires.com/faqs/Care.html#s9 Answer: New tires go on the rear of the vehicle - FWD, RWD, 4WD or AWD "Answer: New tires go on the rear of the vehicle - FWD, RWD, 4WD or AWD" Allow me to rephrase that... Answer: The tires with the deepest tread go on the rear of the vehicle - FWD, RWD, 4WD or AWD If the new tires do not have as deep a tread as the old ones then they should go on the front. That was true with rear wheel drive and no ABS As far as hydroplaning, yes it can be an issue with the over-width tires on todays cars if they are bald. But driving in the rain in not the majority of your driving - and hydroplaning conditions occur only a few times a year for a few minutes at a time. A sensible driver just slows down under those conditions. The REST of the time, better traction on the front is more advantageous. The video showing the hydroplaning shows drivers driving WAY TOO FAST FOR CONDITIONS. |
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On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:20:27 -0500, "
wrote: On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 19:55:44 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote: "Herb Eneva" wrote in message ... Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. What do ya`ll think? Bad tires go to the recycling place. Best tires go on the back, Good or better tires on the front. I see many answer to put the good tires on the front. That was the common method for many years, but now it is proved that the better tires should go on the rear. I cannot recall where I saw it, but a web site has a video showing why and it does make sense. That's what I would think, too. The back end had better stay back there. OTOH, a blowout in the front can ruin your day, too. Modern tires don't tend to self-destruct that way, though. Oh? What happens when you hit trash on the road and it slices the sidewall?? One of the most common causes of sudden tire failure - and it USUALLY affects the front tires. Also, radial tires are not terribly forgiving of curb scuffs to the sidewall - which can cause premature failure of the sidewall, and again affect the front wheels more than the rear. Granted, these situations are no respector of tread depth, but the new tire is most likely to be in better condition, structually, than the old tire. I will continue to keep the best tires on the front of my front wheel drive vehicles, and drive sanely in adverse conditions. |
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DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Sep 2, 7:32 pm, "HeyBub" wrote: Herb Eneva wrote: Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. What do ya`ll think? Best tires on the front to help with emergency braking. In emergency braking, weight shifts to the front, providing increased frictional force. Think about what you just said. As the extra weight shifts to the front, the weight will increase the traction. Therefore, the increased traction compensates for the less tread. I can't shift weight to the rear, so the rear tires have more chance of skidding if they have less tread. I stand corrected. Michelin says the better tires go on the back. Bottom of the page - with video: http://www.michelinman.com/tire-care...ent-questions/ |
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Roy wrote:
A blow-out at 110 MPH can still be quite jolting when it happens...especially so with a front tire. I have had them run right off the rim...not for the faint of heart while driving in the mountains. == Then there's this. http://www.metacafe.com/watch/104050...fal ling_off/ |
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On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:47:03 -0500, "
wrote: On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:44:06 -0700 (PDT), Roy wrote: On Sep 2, 6:17Â*pm, DerbyDad03 wrote: On Sep 2, 7:32Â*pm, "HeyBub" wrote: Herb Eneva wrote: Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* What do ya`ll think? Best tires on the front to help with emergency braking. In emergency braking, weight shifts to the front, providing increased frictional force. Think about what you just said. As the extra weight shifts to the front, the weight will increase the traction. Therefore, the increased traction compensates for the less tread. I can't shift weight to the rear, so the rear tires have more chance of skidding if they have less tread. Besides, most drivers can control a skidding front end better than a skidding rear end. Therefore it makes more sense to do our best to keep the rear end from skidding. Let's keep in mind that we're not talking bald tires vs. brand new. If anyone is driving on unsafe tires, then all bets are off. Look, it's not just me making this argument. Please find me a modern, credible site that says the best tires go on the front. I know that that used to be the conventional thinking and even I was surprised to see a sign stating that in a tire shop a few months ago. Times - and wisdom - change. == Exactly so...we were taught that the best tread should be on the front for winter driving if we couldn't afford four new tires...now we are told otherwise and the tire salesman say get ALL four winter tires to be safe. Of course they wouldn't have any other motivation to sell four tires rather than two, right? Costco wouldn't sell two snow tires, some years back. All tires had to be matched. I let my membership lapse shortly after. Since when most cars were rear drive and we were taught how to drive, things have changed. My present vehicle has front wheel drive and it took a while to get used to this. FWD is quite different. I've been driving FWD since about 1969 (a few RWD thrown in for good measure, including rear engine, as well as 4wd - including rallying FWD for a few years. |
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On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 18:21:26 -0700, "Bob F"
wrote: wrote: That's what I would think, too. The back end had better stay back there. OTOH, a blowout in the front can ruin your day, too. Modern tires don't tend to self-destruct that way, though. I experienced a rear tire blowout as a kid. Pretty wild ride - off the highway, over a barbed wiree fence. Both bumpers folder back 90 degrees on the right end. I'm not sure I'd recommend it. Have you suffered and survived a front wheel blowout??? |
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On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:39:52 -0700 (PDT), Red
wrote: Would drivers in the SW really be concerned with hydroplaning more than tire heat? Only when it snows in Las Vegas. People here cannot drive when it snows eight inches. |
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On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:53:35 -0700, Oren wrote:
On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:39:52 -0700 (PDT), Red wrote: Would drivers in the SW really be concerned with hydroplaning more than tire heat? Only when it snows in Las Vegas. People here cannot drive when it snows eight inches. They canceled work here on the mere prediction of snow. |
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HeyBub wrote: Herb Eneva wrote: Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. What do ya`ll think? Best tires on the front to help with emergency braking. In emergency braking, weight shifts to the front, providing increased frictional force. Actually, an evenly worn tire that still has adequate tread often has better traction than a brand new tire. -- Make it as simple as possible, but no simpler. Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar. org |
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On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:45:39 -0400, wrote:
On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:14:49 -0400, (Herb Eneva) wrote: Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. What do ya`ll think? What do I think???? You're NUTS. Particularly on front wheel drive vehicles, you want your best tires on the front. They do the driving, They do roughly 80% of the braking, and they do the steering. One back wheel will keep the ass end in line if you know how to drive. I agreed with that until i saw the video derbydad posted the link to. Watching the video I was thinking-- 'so just slow down, stupid'. But then the narrator pointed out that with the more-likely-to-hydroplane tires on the front, you get some warning that the road is bad because you feel it in the steering wheel. With them on the back-- you've already started a skid when you realize the road conditions changed. I'm still a 4-tires-at-a-time guy, but know that lots of folks like to save some pennies-- and I'm now a put-the-new-ones-on-the-rear-guy. Jim [and what was the FWD you had in 1969? I didn't have the pleasure until 1984] |
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On Sep 2, 3:14*pm, (Herb Eneva) wrote:
Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. * * * * * * What do ya`ll think? Here is my experiance, had Michelins 3 yrs old, 30000 miles, one front broke a belt, so I got 2 fronts, went around a corner in snow and fishtailed. Immediatly went and bought 2 new rears went around same corner and all was fine. I find my tires get noticably worse traction at about 30000 and at 60000 are to dangerous to keep. This is in my opinion and has more to do with age of tires, oxidation-hardening of rubber from the environment, then loosing tread. So new tires in front where you have 65 % breaking and need steering and the rears can go and fishtail, new tires in rear and the fronts might hydroplane and you might not stop or stear through a corner. All 4 should be equal if you drive in snow or wet is my opinion. Mixing new and old will lead to unknown handling just when you need stability, in emergencys. Put on 4 good ones that are equal |
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Living in snow country, and driving rear wheel drive. I put the newer
tires on back for traction. Last year, I had a tire blow out. The left rear tire of my van picked up a nail. The first I knew anything was wrong, the van wasn't handling right. I pulled over. Find out that the sidewall on both sides had sheared. The rim had a little rubber on it, and there was a peel that resembled a tire, wrapped around the hub. It was a Walmart tire, with warranty. I got a flatbed ride home. The next day, I pulled the tire, and took it to another Walmart. $2.50 later, I had a new tire mounted and balanced. Just used up about five hours or six, between the two days. Blow out, wait for tire guy, wait for tow truck, jacking up the van, going to the store, wait for the tire to be mounted, and replacing tire and all that. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. wrote in message ... Best tires go on the back, Good or better tires on the front. I see many answer to put the good tires on the front. That was the common method for many years, but now it is proved that the better tires should go on the rear. I cannot recall where I saw it, but a web site has a video showing why and it does make sense. That's what I would think, too. The back end had better stay back there. OTOH, a blowout in the front can ruin your day, too. Modern tires don't tend to self-destruct that way, though. |
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Stormin Mormon wrote:
Living in snow country, and driving rear wheel drive. I put the newer tires on back for traction. Last year, I had a tire blow out. The left rear tire of my van picked up a nail. The first I knew anything was wrong, the van wasn't handling right. I pulled over. Find out that the sidewall on both sides had sheared. The rim had a little rubber on it, and there was a peel that resembled a tire, wrapped around the hub. That tire didn't blow out. It went flat, and you continued to drive on it until it was toast. That's way different than a blowout. |
Bad tires---front or back
On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:47:56 -0400, clare wrote:
On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:03:01 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote: On Sep 2, 4:14Â*pm, (Herb Eneva) wrote: Where should you put your worst tires? I say put them on the front. If you have a tire problem you can control a skid best if the problem is with the tire on the front. If the problem is on the rear the skid will be a lot harder to control. Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* Â* What do ya`ll think? Watch this video...some people might be surprised. http://www.dunntire.com/Learning_Cen...ideo_new_tires or read this: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=52 or this: http://www.goodyeartires.com/faqs/Care.html#s9 Answer: New tires go on the rear of the vehicle - FWD, RWD, 4WD or AWD Having driven competetively I'd have to dissagree. Yes, I think it very much depends on the vehicle (FWD or RWD, manual or slushbox, weight distribution etc.) and the road conditions. A couple of my RWD cars showed a lot of natural oversteer, but were quite controllable whenever the back end did decide to get out of line - for those I think I would have put as much grip as I could get on the front rather than the back. But the BEST is to have all 4 tires up to snuff. Or five if you're carrying a spare ;) cheers Jules |
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