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New tyres need to go on the rear?
V8MoneyPit:
But you don't have a VCU anyway, so it makes no difference what end the new tyres go on.
JumboBeef:
Er, don't I? *idiot smilie*
Which 4x4s do and which don't?
MuddyMike:
New tyres should always go on the rear wheels for safety. Any car is more likely to go into an uncontrollable skid from the rear wheels loosing grip than the front, so its on the rear you need your best rubber.
See.
http://www.celtictyres.co.uk/front-rear.php
4WD issues are more to do with the greater rolling radius damaging systems.
Mike
lurch_917:
--- Quote from: MuddyMike on July 01, 2010, 18:04:57 ---New tyres should always go on the rear wheels for safety. Any car is more likely to go into an uncontrollable skid from the rear wheels loosing grip than the front, so its on the rear you need your best rubber.
--- End quote ---
poppy cock id rather have the rear end go than the front 5 years experiance on skidpans the rear is almost allways recoverable by technice but the front when that goes you have no stearing till youve got it back under control wich takes throtle control and you geused it stearing
Llanigraham:
Lurch,
argue all you want, but the advice from the likes of RoSPA, IAM, the tyre companies and all the other experts is that for the majority of drivers it is better that way around, especially in vehicles where all or most of the drive is to the front wheels.
When a vehicle oversteers, eg, continues to plough forward no matter what steering input is used, then MOST drivers will instinctively take their foot off either the brake or accelerator, thus bringing "drive/control" back to the front wheels.
http://www.tyresafe.org/news-and-events/detail/motorists-get-their-tyres--back-to-front--/
http://www.celtictyres.co.uk/front-rear.php
http://www.klebertyres.co.uk/KleberUK/front/affich.jsp?codeRubrique=8032005184616&lang=EN
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