@Slipfilth666 If your buying used it really doesn't matter because the tires are already worn and at best a temporary solution. I'm of the opinion that tires are the most important thing on the car and always get the best that I can get and I've never been disappointed with that philosophy.
The traction rating which Eric says he thinks A is the highest, actually starts with AA then A,B, and C. Thanks for all you do one of the best channels hands down extremely informative!
Thanks Eric for your video. My 1995 Ford Taurus' rear driver side tire just when flat (ran over a nail) and my wife and I changed the tire, with the help of your video. Thanks for taking the time to make your videos!!! I'm learning a lot.
@ckenny13 Yea when I looked into that info when I made this video there was a lot of conflicting stuff out there. The best source that I've found for tire info was TireRack, they have a great resource on their site. Thanks for your comment.
this is why i watch your channel ive been watching for a long time but today i just needed to know what type of tires/ what the speed rating is but now i know way more then what i needed to know so im super happy and i cant wait to talk about tires to people!!!!
Yes and yes. To comply with PA inspection laws you should replace a wheel cylinder that has been compromised (though it isn't often done), the inner seal can be damaged when you reinstall the piston thus causing a leak. They make a special tool to keep the wheel cylinder together when performing service BTW. I suppose you could also use some sort of spring clamp too.
+above what you said, ill add that plastic can be manufactured in much more complex shapes, if you manage to melt your intake because of engine overheating--you have bigger problems than a melted plastic. Also the heat transfer is favorable to plastic intakes (keeps the air intake cooler). Injection molding+plastic (polimers, etc) have become very advanced.
It's not rust that is the problem most of the pump is plastic. The real issue is freezing in cold temperatures, also it doesn't clean that well. Windshield washer fluid consists of water, alcohol, and a little dye as it is.
For the nitrogen thing, I would; I had it done on my last car and it actually made the tires stay inflated a lot longer. It also helps some with fuel economy and keeps the tire stable.
Format of this video at the beginning was quite indicative of your abilities and prowess in teaching someone else something new. Questions people may ask, etc. Very capturing and I'm not even watching to learn anything - just entertainment's sake haha. Sister needs new shoes on her '14 Sentra S. Original tires were terrible!!
This is a tricky one. I think it is up to the discretion of the tech doing the inspection to judge it's severity. Most shops will take the opportunity to sell tires.
Find the thickest weight motor oil you can find. I talked to a Michelin representative and that's what he said because the "dressings" over time will cause dry rotting and cracking unless you do it every week, which even still isn't good.
Your welcome, thank you for watching. To answer your question I would want my tire to be less than 6 months old and defiantly not more than a year old.
+Zariat If you want to raise/lower ride-height with tire size; you'll need to make a much more significant change. However, it's *not* recommended to do it this way. I mean if you drive through feet of snow during winter then yeah, I could see why you'd want a /75r16 for the winter wheels... But generally speaking, more side-wall results in greater roll-out which results in reduced traction @ speed
Hey Eric , I have a tire question for you. I own a 14 Accord sport. The car came with Bridgestone potenza. Which tire brand you would recommend if I wanted a softer and quieter ride. Thanks.
rotating tires doesn't cause alignment problems but if the tread wear of the tires are really uneven it can cause a pull also if you have uneven tire pressure, cars go out of alignment on their own over time from bumps and pot holes and such most places will check your alignment free but charge to set it
Hi Eric, I drive a 2.2L 2005 Chevrolet Malibu. And I noticed some noises around the front wheels whenever I drive on rough or bumpy roads. Could Steering : Rack and Pinion be a cause for such noise?
The thing is that I can't exactly say something like "don't buy tires from Wallmart". What I did say however is that you should try to put the same kind of tires on the car that came on it originally, I'm not sure if Wallmart stocks them is something I might be able to say. Best advice I can give anyone is to buy the best tires they can afford, it will be the best bang for the buck hands down. I think this video might get a part 2 for alignments, that may have been at the heart of your issue.
Really old video, but thanks! I work at a shop and when I started someone told me what the dot was, I forgot the middle numbers! I thought it was called family, thanks a-lot! :)
I may have messed up. I got new tires that are slightly too small for my 1996 Ford Ranger truck. The tires are about one inch less wide now, and I now have about one inch less clearance. I only use the truck for errands around town, I never ride on the highway, and I never haul any extra weight. So am I screwed or what ?
My civic 1.8L 2018 has 215/55 R16 stock OE tyres, i want to upsize tyre size in order to increase ground clearance of my vehicle as it hits speed breakers & bumps. Please suggest which tyre size i can use without much effecting suspension and stability of my vehicle.
Cheep and light. It's a lot cheaper to make plastic parts than it is to make metal parts, and yes when you get them hot enough they will melt much sooner than their metal counterparts.
@bharfarar Not really, a good visual inspection is all you can normally do. Sometimes you can see a problem when you spin it on a balancer but I usually look for dry rot or cracks. To be honest the tire could have been fine but perhaps you ran something over that caused the blow out, it's difficult to say for sure.
Oh, I thought the three digit "treadwear" rating was a burnout rating, the higher the number, the more rotation required to make beautifull smoke!!! Thanks for clearing that up! (actually I like the manufacturing date stamp splaination, thats handy!)
Ha. I don't even remember posting that. I like Meguiars Endurance the best. It gives the tires a deep black look without making them look greasy. Only use products for their intended purposes. I think motor oil is more likely to deteriorate tires.
ok so I got a question about the dry rot cracking, I was going to throw on my summer tires when I noticed that two of the 4 have some dry cracking in between all the treads, would this be safe to put on temporarily or would this be risk of tire blow out?? until I can afford some new tires. just lookong for an opinion here is all, I am driving on warm pavement now with studded winters now so think it's good idea to swap soon! !
Engineers don't do things to make your life suck, they do things to try and make them better or because someone in the design or finance department told them to do it.
i thought A was the highest rating for traction too, but we got tires to mount and balance at school and they had an AA traction raring, so i guess that even some high performance tires and pass the A rating
Hi eric FOLLOW your videos with great interest, i have a question though about caster and camber on a chevy express 3500 year 2005. Its a mobile home and cannot find any info on how to adjust my caster with out change the camber. Since i am on the ends of the adjustment to my camber ,but the caster is more then 3 degrees of. And i cannot change it with out ruining my caster How can i do this? Will a stronger spings help? This might push up the caber a bit i think! Is my tought s right or........ Regards Cees
Tire basics for a semi. A semi's tires are generally 11R22.5 or 11R24.5. The 11 is the aspect ratio and the 22.5/24.5 is the rim size. The usual proper inflation pressure is 100 PSI. Of the 18 wheels on a semi, 16 of them are allowed to be retreads. The only two that MUST be brand new, or virgin, tires are the steer tires. The tires on a semi may be worn down to 4/32" on the steer tires, and 2/32" on all other tires.
so if im buying brand new tires from a shop and for some reason they have been in the storage for long time, whats the max time i should accept when buying the tires as new...
About tyre pressure, do you leave it alone when it gets hotter/colder and the pressure increases/drops? No need to decrease/increase it to the recommended pressure?
Midnight Mustang The recommended pressure is a cold inflation pressure so heat expansion is already factored into the recommendation. In temperatures under 7°c you should be running all season or winter tyres and run the recommended winter pressure.
+jltaco85 It may trigger ABS/Traction fault because of differences in aspect ratio. You can take a chance and replace it with the lower aspect ratio and see how the vehicle drives and see any errors come up.. If it does, then you know the problem! Why not just stick with what the manufacturer recommends in the first place?
Drain all the gas you can out. I've heard that you can run it through, I think Mythbusters did a thing on it once, I've never dealt with it directly so I can't give you a hands on account.
Dear Aniket. I was wondering how u can do it with belnay, I did it with nitrogen and my house is melting. Should I try to put it out or let it burn down?
Hey Eric, I have made my own video on choosing a set of tires, from the stuff I learned when I shopped around for new tires for my Toyota Corolla AE86 (its the GTS model in the US I believe). I am sending a video response to you. Keep up with all your excellent videos :-)
I have a question I can't ask on this site about measuring tire depth? As doing so would cause lots of trouble to lots of people in the transportation dept.
Dear Eric the Car Guy, I recently bought some used Remington T90 passenger tires with 90% tread left on them, for a good price. I had one mounted and put on a rear wheel and within a week the same tire had a blowout on the freeway. The remaining tires are still unmounted. How can I tell if a tire might have a defect visually? Is there a way for a shop to examine them for potential defects? I am now hesitant to get the rest mounted. Any feedback?
Hi eric could you please explain if this is the tire noise or the bearing as i'm having exactly the same noise in my car ( i purchased the tire year ago but was cheap stuff)
Just to add something, the "Traction" rating on tires is a measurement of wet sliding traction only. Dry traction isn't part of the rating, so people looking for dry performance tires shouldn't read too much into it.
+lightningsmokerXx neither- actually shop around- it was likely the best option when it was made, but tyre tech advances rapidly, and they would not have taken into account how you drive either, nor where you live. Speak to some experts and talk about what suits where you live and what and how you drive, and what you want from the tyre whether it be economy (long life and less fuel) or super handling.
I have to say, MMamdouh you definitely covered some very basic things that I noticed throughout this video that needed clarification. Thanks. Informative. Eric - how do you get so many subscribers?
My 2009 pontiac vibe AWD came with P205/55R16. this brings my car lower to the ground. can i increase my car height with 205/60/16? What is the recommended size to use aside P205/55R16?
+Zariat If you want to raise/lower ride-height with tire size; you'll need to make a much more significant change. However, it's *not* recommended to do it this way. I mean if you drive through feet of snow during winter then yeah, I could see why you'd want a /75r16 for the winter wheels... But generally speaking, more side-wall results in greater roll-out which results in reduced traction @ speed
Oooh, the surrounding air versus compressed air versus nitrogen thing. The problem with the surrounding air is it has moisture in it and, in a tire, this causes unpredictable hot pressures and thus an unpredictable contact patch in a performance driving/racing context. So inflating a tire on a performance vehicle / racing car with a foot pump is a big no-no. Compressed air, from a well maintained, properly bled compressor without an oil feed, contains very little moisture and, as such, is a pretty good alternative for nitrogen in most situations. In the words of 5-times Le Mans winning race engineer Carroll Smith: "If you happen to run a well funded, top tier racing team, inflate your tires with nitrogen. Otherwise, carry around your own compressor and vacuum the air out of all your tires, before re-inflating them and putting them on your car."
+Jan Verschueren exactly - nitrogen is much less sensitive to changes in temperature with regard to change in pressure, in part thanks to the moisture, but the change in temp is VASTLY larger on a track than you will ever see on the road. on track it is a matter of safety, on road it is a matter of posing.
+Jan Verschueren exactly - nitrogen is much less sensitive to changes in temperature with regard to change in pressure, in part thanks to the moisture, but the change in temp is VASTLY larger on a track than you will ever see on the road. on track it is a matter of safety, on road it is a matter of posing.
Whether the power is coming from the engine, another vehicle pulling it, or even from people pusing it the vehicle will still be able to move if it has tires. If you have an engine and transmission, but no tires it doesn't really matter that you have an engine and transmission because the vehicle will not be able to roll. Without tires you will not go anywhere. Thus the tires are more important than the engine and transmission.
MrBlackCharizard Do not change the over all diameter. If it has 195/65R15 then stick with it. You wont get enough advantage but it will decrease fuel economy and alter your speedo reading. Stick with the 195/65R15. If you increase the width you must decrease the aspect ratio to keep the diameter the same so a 195/65R15 falls between a 205/60R15 and a 215/60R15.
Jus bought a new 2015 ram 1500 with 20x9 inch rims. I want to keep original rims but want taller and wider tires. my question is..can I use a wider tire with my stock rim?
Nitrogen in tyres only helps if it is free of moisture and is a dry pure gas. If it gets contaminated with air it tends to quickly loose its effectiveness as oxygen and water react more heavily as heat accumulates in the tyre. Oxygen expands a lot and causes increased pressure (possible overinflation), and water compresses easily and is the reason why we don't want it in brake fluid either (thus this causes more flex in the tyre. Which with a soft sidewalled Michelin tyre causes loss of direct control over the tread that touches the road). So best is to technically speaking inflated the tyre under vacuum conditions (i.e. The tyre being vacuum itself and empty of air and moisture), but I don't think they even go through that hassle in formula 1. So just have it as pure and moisture free filled as possible, as it will retain the shape and firmness of the tyres better. Especially during long drives or with a sporty driving style.
dude...totally wrong about water compressing. Water cannot be compressed. That is a fact. The reason we don't want water in brake fluid is because it gets hot and boils. When that happens it turns into a gas which then compresses causing loss of brake pressure. Water compresses easily... lol...sure it does genius.
I think you mean. Water vapor compresses but even that is not actually an accurate description of what happens inside of a tire. Nitrogen in tires is a gimmick for shops to make more money. Check the nitrogen in tires video at engineering explained. He explains the entire thing.
Hey Eric i really need some advice if i put new tires on a 2001 ford ranger 4x4 offroad that are the same size as the originals but LT's insead of P's what's your oppinion and is this and is this a bad idea?
+Dylan Campbell also just want to add i know your time is valuable and your probably thinking why doesn't this guy just go to a tire shop and ask them. well i have tried, multiple times, and everywhere i go i get a different answer and most of the time these guys aren't even mechanics they are sales people i really could use an honest mechanics opinion and i would be willing to give you home reno/repair/maintenance any time if you need. i'm a construction engineering technician. thank you. -Dylan
The idiots at the tire shop didnt check my tire size it uses 195/60/r15 but someone put 195/65/r15 on it, will this make a difference with anything important?
+Jackie Chan Nah that's fine. My car takes the same size as yours normally and I have new wheels and tires that are 215/45/zr17 and the only thing is it throws off the speedo by 2-5 kms.
+Michael Block no, it really isnt. simply checking your tyre pressure is. You should be checking your pressure every 2 weeks, 4 at worst, so the pressure should never have a chance to vary over that long. Nitrogen is great on the track where pressures vary by huge amounts over the space of 10 minutes, it really is a waste off track
