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Poor handling at high speed: update
Posted by Siegfried (more from Siegfried) on Fri, 28 Dec 2012 07:28:31
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G'morning, fellas.
Well, I appear to have it fixed. If it is fixed indeed (at first glance it does look fixed so far), than the issue is so silly and obvious, that I am ashamed for describing it. To justify myself I can only tell that when it is -5F, all you wanna do is to quickly move from a warm point A to another warm point B and not to mess around with tire pressure. And it's only today when we traded -5F for more handy +25F when I decided to finally double-check the tire pressure (turned out to be around 23 psi all around).
Many thanks go to James Snowmobile for giving me a hint on where to look at. Bottom line: buy yourself a good trustful tire pressure gauge (done 4 yrs ago), always carry it in your glove compartment (done) and regularly use it on purpose (failed). And neither camber (symmetrical N/S vs O/S, but out-of spec; on front or rear axle) nor bad looking trailing arm bushings do significantly affect the high-speed stability or high-speed handling.
Probably, some tires are more sensitive to the pressure then others - I suspect that it's the sidewall softness which determines whether a tire is tolerant to the pressure or not.
Thanks for being with me on this,
Zig
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Posts in this Thread:
- Poor handling at high speed: update, Siegfried, Fri, 28 Dec 2012 07:28:31 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Poor handling at high speed: update, Snowmobile , Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:41:16
- Good news. I thought you had lost your nerve., RayF, Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:25:22
- Re:, Siegfried, Fri, 28 Dec 2012 07:49:21
- Ziggy:, SaabStalker , Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:21:12
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