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- From: derek@nezsdc.icl.co.nz (Derek Tearne)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: 195/50/15 vs. 205/50/15
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.035216.28664@nezsdc.icl.co.nz>
- Date: 17 Aug 92 03:52:16 GMT
- References: <fragante.713559778@unixg.ubc.ca> <53110021@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com> <1992Aug14.103223.2686@kth.se>
- Organization: Fujitsu New Zealand
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- In article <1992Aug14.103223.2686@kth.se> love@stacken.kth.se (Love Feuer) writes:
- >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.
-
- I have heard this warning related to Landrovers and other off road vehicles.
- People who fit them with wide tyres are putting extra stress on the wheel
- bearings etc. This is even more important if the vehicle is to be used off
- road where there will be greater stresses placed on the wheels.
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- Derek Tearne. -- derek@nezsdc.icl.co.nz -- Fujitsu/ICL New Zealand --
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