Yes, and in addition to excessive wear and poor handling, the excessive flex
in the sidewalls will generate very high tire heat which can lead to tire
failure.
Vrooom,
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Nock" <healeydoc@verizon.net>
To: "Peter Schauss" <schauss@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Tires again
> Those tire pressures were for the old bias Ply tires, if you run that
> low of a pressure in a steel belted tire you will have excessive wear and
> poor handeling/
>
> On Dec 15, 2009, at 7:26 PM, Peter Schauss wrote:
>
>> I have always followed the recommendation in the owner's manual 25# in
>> the
>> front and 30# in the rear. When I got my new tires from Hendrix he
>> recommended 30# on all four. I tried that, but the car did not hold the
>> road as well so I dropped the fronts back to 25#.
>>
>> Peter Schauss
>> 1963 BJ7
>> 1980 MGB
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