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New tyres need to go on the rear?
V8MoneyPit:
I would hazard a guess that most people who end up in a skid, do so through understeer after excessive braking in slippery conditions. I would further guess that those same people then simply lean harder and harder on the brakes even though the front is locked up.
Most incidents you tend to see in the winter involve cars ploughing straight on on ice.
So, like Carbore, I'm in two minds about the advice. But, in the situation I've mentioned, it is unlikely to make any difference which end the new tyres are on. The car would still do the same thing, with the possible exception of locking up slightly later if the front tyres had more tread.
McGuire:
The reason for the new tyres being fitted to the rear rather than the front is the same as for fitting radials to the rear and crossplies to the front (if mixing). New tyres (and radials) have more grip than used tyres (and crossplies) so, if fitted to the front, loss of traction at the rear WILL be far more sudden and uncontrollable than if at the rear with the used (or crossply)at the front.
Loss of traction at the front tends to be noticed before the tyres actually let go, in that there is a feeling of vagueness through the steering which clearly tells you to back off or take corrective action. This is not the case at the rear.
It's entirely a safety matter.
And, just in case anyone wants to experiment with radials front, crossplies rear (I appreciate a lot of people now have never driven on crossplies!) I have one question - do you want flowers or donations sent? :D
carbore:
I agree re crossply and radial, the TV said so back in the 70's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c23MFIKiVdE
Range Rover Blues:
I l earned recenlty that BTCC drivers preferred crossplies and kept using them untill their withdrawl in the mid 1980s. Apparently they turn in much more sharply than radials whcih need to load up before they transmit the side load.
carbore:
Interestingly, you can still buy them http://www.longstonetires.com/Crossply.php
Isnt the internet wonderful. (PS Im staying in a hotel and im so bored)
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