round tire wear

[Robert Deis]

On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, ODIE wrote:

> Double check what the tire recomends for PSI it sounds like there is to
> much.

I thought tire pressure was based on the car, not the tire?  I'm using the
pressure in the owner's manual...

Also:  Doesn't over-pressure cause the center to wear faster, not the
edges?

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robert Deis <rdeis at io.com>
> To: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 8:00 AM
> Subject: round tire wear
>
>
> >
> > Hello, all. I have a set of Khumo ecsta supra 712 (I think that's the
> > name..) tires on my 86 5kTQw that are wearing in a way that looks strange
> > to me.
> >
> > The shoulders of the tires are wearing first, making them more and more
> > round.  The inboard and outboard shoulders wear evenly, so I don't think
> > its an alignment problem, and I keep my tire pressures at around 35psi so
> > I don't think its that either.
> >
> > The rears may be wearing a bit faster than the fronts, or they may have
> > been rotated just before I bought the car in February, I'm not sure..
> >
> > What's the cause?
> >
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> >   Rob Deis                  "Let the people know beforehand what the law
> >   MiB3347                      is and what they are to expect."
> >   rdeis at io.com                              -- 18th Congress, Rec. 75
> >
> >
>

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  Rob Deis                  "Let the people know beforehand what the law
  MiB3347                      is and what they are to expect."
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