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- From: love@stacken.kth.se (Love Feuer)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: 195/50/15 vs. 205/50/15
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.103223.2686@kth.se>
- Date: 14 Aug 92 10:32:23 GMT
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- In article <53110021@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com> leonglaw@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Lawrence Leong) writes:
- >In rec.autos.tech, fragante@unixg.ubc.ca (Gv Fragante) writes:
- >
- >|Is there any noticeable difference in the *mounted* height between a
- >|195/50/15 vs. 205/50/15 ? These would be mounted on a 15x6.5 rim. If there
- >|is a difference, by how much (in mm) ? What about a 195/55/15 tire ? Will
- >|it be taller or shorter than a 205/50/15 ?
- >|
- I spoke to an friend of fmine, who used to do development for Pirelli
- in the seventies, about low-profile tyres.
-
- He warned me about increased stress on the wheel-bearings if you change to
- 205's. Since the wheels stick out further from the car any force
- on the outer end of the wheel will have a much higher impact on the bearings
- than it would have if you drove around with thinner wheels.
-
- Nobody else have repeated this warning though, so I don't know how serious
- it is. One should be able to calculate the difference in stress on the bearings
- given all the data about the bearings and tyres.
-
- /Love F. (love@lk.se)
-