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Hello, Got new tires, std vw 80 x 15s, Classic brand, $64.00 [made by sumitomo], from tire rack. Shop mounts and balances, I tell him 20 lb. front and 24 rear. He puts in 35 pounds x 4 and says you can do what you want when you get home, but I cannot allow you to leave my shop with those old tire specs, you will get killed. Rode like a buck board for the 5 mile ride home. Did the same with my 93 Buick. I said 36 psi. shop puts in 42 and doesn”t ell me. Car was sloppy handling. Reset to 36, after checking and is fine now. These guys are supposed to be pro’s and they all quote the max load on side wall as a guide. What gives? Dennis P
Sounds like lazy, careless workers to me.
In a previous life I worked in a tire shop and we followed ALL (and I mean FOLLOWED) the rules.
Inflated in a safety cage, checked pressure, etc.
We would check the pressure four or five times before we put them back on the vehicle.
Always used the factory recommended pressures.
At a safety meeting one time, the safety guy purposely over inflated a tire until it exploded. Sounded like dynamite going off. Actually it took over 100psi to do it.
Tires can take a lot of pressure before they go, but not following the factory specs can take of 5~10% of the lifetime mileage.
Sounds like your local guys just weren’t in to taking the time to do it right.Amor Conquista Todo
I think that is more a case of percieved liability. So many product and service providers are rightly scared that they might be sued if something they serviced fails and causes injury. For a small shop a huge settlement could mean closing. The best defense they can offer is that they followed all their industry’s rules and manufacturer’s recommendations. Specifically about tires, I was informed that I cannot have new tires installed on my Nissan p/u unless I also replace the one tire pressure sensor which isn’t working ($40).
Too much government, too many attorneys, too much product complexity, or too little common sense; take your pick.
🙁 Kall2016-04-16 14:44:45Ditto
Too many attorneys without a doubt, I am an architectural metal fabricator and I cannot get insurance to work on condominium projects, too many latent defect suits that magically happen three months before the ten year limit.
New regulations in Ca does not allow mechanics to pump up a low tire. If tire is a certain age canot be inflated or put on a vehicle.New regulations in a. prohibit a mechanic to inflate a low tire of a certain age. He also can not legality put on a properly inflated tire if it is beyond a certain age. Tire tread depth makes no difference.TO MUCH REGULATIONS FROM THE GOVERNMENT.to many regulations from government.Got a new tire at a Pep Boys, put on a 2 year old car with good tires, had a couple small punctures next to each other so they wouldn’t do a repair.Checked pressure the next day with digital meter on small portable compressor, said just under 30 PSI. Specs for car say 33 all around. Not much difference but the surprise was to find it below the usual 35 PSI people seem to want to use.Got to admit, can be a little scary driving this old VW-based MGTDr with those lower pressures. More so because it really needs new tires, current ones being over 7 years old.When I ‘net searched about this, one of the samba.com message threads has a picture showing a tire pressure decal (in German and English) which tells both the bias ply and radial PSI numbers. And lots of debate about the low pressure for tires of today versus the originals, so that decal cleared the subject up for me.I found that decal for sale at:BTW, so you don’t need to go looking, it says 19 front and 27 rear if radial tires.LRH2016-04-18 00:13:56
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