bias & radials

["Robert Dervin" <rjdervin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

They are all bias, and only 3 years old with 7000 miles on them.


>From: Mark McDonald <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Subject: Re: IML: bias & radials
>Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 00:55:19 -0600
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>As Dick Benjamin and others have pointed out to me, be careful not to mix 
>your
>bias belted tires with your radials as they wear out.  This was also 
>written in
>the owner's manuals of that day, when bias belted tires were more common.  
>They
>have different handling characteristics and there is a danger in mixing 
>them.
>
>Also, how old are these tires?  They may appear perfectly fine but old 
>rubber
>can have tiny cracks in it that you can't see and one day kablooie, there 
>you
>are with a really severe blow-out.  If the tires are over 10 years old I'd
>replace them all now, if you can afford it.
>
>Mark M
>
>Robert Dervin wrote:
>
> > I will replace the bias ply tires with radials when they wear out. The
> > previous owner installed them before I purchased the car. They only have
> > 7000 miles on them with no visible signs of wear. Almost all of the 
>antique
> > tires are available from Coker tire.
> >
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