[T3] ANOTHER slipped belt!

[Mike Fisher]

I have 2 of the 185X60 on the front of my square with 2 more for spares
when I need them.  I have 205X70 on the rear.  My speedometer reads about 4
mph fast but I'm used to it & allow for it.

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 4:02 AM, Dave Hall <dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk> wrote:

> When you divide the tyre cost by the miles of service life, I doubt it's
> more than one cent per mile for a set of 4.  It's not like pouring money
> down the drain!  Think how many cents a mile the fuel costs (currently
> about
> 9cts in Albany?).
>
> I don't rotate tyres - the wear pattern front to rear is completely
> different.  The rears wear flat across and the fronts more rounded, but the
> tyres have deeper tread on the shoulders. If the pressures are correct and
> the front-end geometry is correct, they wear evenly (on mine anyway).  I've
> read that the tyre gets a sett in the rotation direction first fitted, and
> are better kept rolling in that direction, but that may be as much of a
> myth
> as the need to rotate tyres.  The only advantage (if it is one) is you get
> to change all 4 at the same time.  I prefer half the cost at a time!
> Currently I've some budget tyres on the rears (Maxxis) and genuine XZX on
> the front.  Lower quality tyres seem to fail on the sidewalls before the
> tread wears out, anyway, so using them on the rear is no hardship.
>
>
> Dave
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
> ===================
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Keith Park
> Sent: 10 July 2015 03:52
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] ANOTHER slipped belt!
>
> Cant get Kuhmo's anymore, they have been great till the end.
> Other choices are really crappy, except the german tires but they are $$$.
>
> Keith
>
>
> Snipped...
>
>
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