<VV> Tire question
Michael Kovacs
kovacsmj at sbcglobal.net
Mon Apr 14 16:24:49 EDT 2008
You can tell which direction the tire was rotating. Look carefully at the tread. The edge that was leading will be rounded just a little more than the trailing edge. The trailing edge will have a bit of a "feather" to it or a sharper edge. This is specifically on the drive tires or if the car was pushed a bit hard. You may be able to tell front from back by the existing tire pressure.
Anybody else have a trick?
MIKE KOVACS
----- Original Message ----
From: Jim Houston <jhouston001 at cfl.rr.com>
To: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 10:26:01 PM
Subject: <VV> Tire question
I have a (dumb) question about radial tires. I remember back in the 70s
that if you reversed the direction of rotation of a radial tire (say,
moved the Left front to the right front), the tire would come apart
fairly quickly. Is this still true today? I have a set of radials on
mag wheels that came with my '65 Monza and I took them off to use some
stock wheels/tires. I'm not sure of the location they were on when I
took them off. I want to put them back on, but I'm concerned about
whether the orientation is the same. Any comments or suggestions would
be welcomed. . .
Jim Houston
Palm Coast, FL
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