Re: [Chrysler300] 300D Vibration

[Nancy Kramer <nekramer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have had the unfortunate experience of buying Cooper tires for my daily 
driver a '93 Chrysler LeBaron.  I bought 4 new tires if I remember 
correctly.  All but one failed prematurely.  I think if I remember 
correctly it was due to getting bulges in the sidewall and I think one blew 
out mysteriously.  This is all with excellent tread on them still.  I went 
back to where I bought them but they were no longer selling Cooper 
tires.  They did adjust the first one that failed when they sold me another 
tire.  After that they didn't not want to do anything.  This was maybe 3 
years ago.

Anyway I think Cooper tires are the worst tires I have ever bought.  You 
could not give them to me.  I am just lucky that I did not have any 
accidents etc. because of their failure.  I have had many used tires that 
lasted way longer than my new Cooper tires did and were a much better 
value.  I sure would not put a Cooper tire on something valuable like a 300 
lettercar.

Be careful because I have had the experience of a tire failure really 
making a mess of the fender on a '64 Imperial.  The steel belt came lose on 
the highway and stuck out of the tire and starting beating on the 
fender.  Really messed it up and the fender was perfect before that happened.

Regards,

Nancy Kramer



At 10:52 AM 6/7/2009, Edward Mills Antique Tractors wrote:


>Agree about Michelins being best, and Bridgestone made in Japan are also
>good. I have had very poor luck with Uniroyal belts separating (Uniroyal
>owned by Michelin?) and some problems with Goodrich TA balance (also
>owned by Michelin).
>
>I believe some - but not all - of the Cokers are made by Cooper who
>makes a lot of private brands - but I have no experience with Cooper -
>anyone out there care to comment on Coopers and their private brands
>(Mastercraft, Multi-Mile, Sigma, Tempra, Jetzon, El Dorado, etc)?
>
>But unfortunately there are not a lot of options out there in the sizes
>and configurations for antique cars. Theres Diamond and Universal and
>American Classic, but I suspect they use mostly the same sources. Any
>one got another good source?
>
>Don Verity wrote:
> > You would think that a tire priced that high would be of higher
> > quality. I run the Hunter machine where I work, and it is an excellent
> > machine for solving problems. Poor quality tires still take a lot of
> > weight, and this is usually accompanied by a lot of run out. The
> > machine also does not measure "hard spots on the rim". It measures the
> > runout of the rim, and the stiffness of the tire side wall, and
> > suggests the best location to mount the tire on the rim. It is not a
> > fast process, as it requires letting the air out and re-positioning
> > the tire on the rim. The best tires I have seem for run-out and
> > minimal weight are still Michelin's, Bridgestone is pretty good too.
> > Here is a link to the Hunter web site
> > 
> <http://www.hunter.com/pub/product/balancer/index.htm?gclid=CKjykait-JoCFSMgDQodxjw3dg>http://www.hunter.com/pub/product/balancer/index.htm?gclid=CKjykait-JoCFSMgDQodxjw3dg
> >
> > 300ly,
> > Don Verity
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > *From:* Edward Mills Antique Tractors
> > <mailto:millserat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > *To:* rob kern <mailto:robkern@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > *Cc:* <mailto:chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com>chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ; 
> <mailto:pennsy300%40aol.com>pennsy300@xxxxxxx
> > <mailto:pennsy300@xxxxxxx>
> > *Sent:* Saturday, June 06, 2009 3:23 PM
> > *Subject:* Re: [Chrysler300] 300D Vibration
> >
> >
> >
> > Sounds like a lot of overkill - if you need to do that with $200
> > Coker
> > Tires, I would send them back as defective with a bill for
> > shipping and
> > mounting.
> >
> > rob kern wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Terry,
> > > Take the car in for the tires to be balanced with a Hunter Road
> > Force
> > > system. This is highly recommended with Coker radials. I did
> > this with
> > > Mopsy and it smoothed the ride form 0 to 105. I didn't have the
> > nerve
> > > to go faster because of the speed rating of the tires. The
> > Hunter Road
> > > Force system mates the soft spots of the tire to the hard spots
> > of the
> > > rim and applies up to 4000psi road force to determine where the
> > > mismatch lies. You probably will have to look on line who in your
> > > vacinity has the machine. 300'ly, ROB KERN
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <mailto:pennsy300%40aol.com>pennsy300@xxxxxxx 
> <mailto:pennsy300%40aol.com>
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> > > To: <mailto:chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com>chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 4:45 PM
> > > Subject: [Chrysler300] 300D Vibration
> > >
> > > My 300D convert (with the new Coker radials) has a significant
> > vibration,
> > > but only between 45 and 50 mph. Above or below this speed all is
> > just
> > > perfect. My question: Is this characteristic typical of tire
> > problems,
> > > wheel
> > > alignment, or something else? I sure would like to get it fixed.
> > Thanx
> > > for whatever help is out there. Terry McTaggart
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