dencol
Free Member
Bought my van just over 2 years ago, only 18 month old and very low mileage. Been very happy in general but not with the handling, lot of road noise, light on the steering but a ‘hard’ ride, to be honest I have never felt comfortable with the handling, surprising as it is only a medium wheel based van conversion assumed it was my lack of experience and more susceptible to the wind (the van that is not me)
Last week noticed the side wall of a front tyre was cracked so off to the local tyre garage who found both front tyre had sidewall cracks so two new front tyres. Speaking to the owner he only had experience of caravans not motorhomes but suggested that the cracks could be from the van been left parked for long periods of time at some point, also had heard of ‘flat spots’ causing some handling difficulties, also was not happy with the recommended tyre pressure in the manual and on the door pillar of 60 Ib.
On leaving the garage immediately noticed the difference, low road noise, responsive steering, much better handling:thumb:. So off to a weighbridge fully loaded to check axle loads.
Armed with the axle weights contacted Avon tyre to check their recommended tyre pressure. Their calculation
43lb in front and 47lb rear. So not much difference to the 60 lb then
colin
Last week noticed the side wall of a front tyre was cracked so off to the local tyre garage who found both front tyre had sidewall cracks so two new front tyres. Speaking to the owner he only had experience of caravans not motorhomes but suggested that the cracks could be from the van been left parked for long periods of time at some point, also had heard of ‘flat spots’ causing some handling difficulties, also was not happy with the recommended tyre pressure in the manual and on the door pillar of 60 Ib.
On leaving the garage immediately noticed the difference, low road noise, responsive steering, much better handling:thumb:. So off to a weighbridge fully loaded to check axle loads.
Armed with the axle weights contacted Avon tyre to check their recommended tyre pressure. Their calculation
43lb in front and 47lb rear. So not much difference to the 60 lb then
colin