avgwarhawk Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 4 hours ago, old-tank said: Weights on both sides; completely different size and location of weights. 2 tires were broken down and moved about 20 degrees on the rim; technician noted how flimsy the tires were. Rim and tire orientation can make a big difference. What is the ply count for the side wall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old-tank Posted November 20, 2021 Author Share Posted November 20, 2021 43 minutes ago, avgwarhawk said: Rim and tire orientation can make a big difference. What is the ply count for the side wall? To radial plies plus two steel belts plus one nylon belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Nylon??? Yikes - I didn't know that was used in any modern radials... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTX5467 Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 "flimsy" started with the P-metric tires, by observation. Tires got lighter-weight, with most of the weight being removed from the sidewall area, by observation, with a little thinner tread area of the complete casing. Almost all H78-15 size tires used to be 28-30lbs, back then. Nylon is used as the cap belt on many radials, for greater tread stability and higher speed durability, these days. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 (edited) On 11/13/2021 at 10:45 AM, ted sweet said: I suggest you try from another computer or else possibly clear your cookies. That link still works fine for me. nope worked for me Edited November 23, 2021 by Marty Roth (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old-tank Posted December 4, 2021 Author Share Posted December 4, 2021 I think I found the solution! 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTX5467 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 HOPE they don"t hide in the brakes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 6 hours ago, old-tank said: I think I found the solution! Spray it on and then rinse it off. Now there's a solid marketing plan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTX5467 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 After the ants are removed, then "spray on and rinse off" some wheel wax. Makes the wheel too slick for the ants to walk on! Which might make them "tire ants" rather than "wheel ants". Adaptation of the species? Then "metal ants" when they get slung into the wheel wells . . . IF they survive what didn't kill them? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old-tank Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 Those horrid tires are out of balance again! Called Diamondback again and explained the two years of aggravation and excessive expense and I still have junk. This time they sent a new set constructed in Milestar tires. (I was surprised that there was no argument or excuses this time --- maybe there is a realization that those Nexen tires are junk) Not near as flimsy and the handling and balance is acceptable. We will see after a 5,000 mile workout next week. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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