New front tyres! Now the old Cavalier doesn't pull to one side
when being driven along.

????

Chris Bacon (chrispbacon@thai.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they 
were saying :


> New front tyres! Now the old Cavalier doesn't pull to one side
> when being driven along.
> 
> ????


The old tyres were shagged.

Adrian wrote:

> Chris Bacon gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
>>New front tyres! Now the old Cavalier doesn't pull to one side
>>when being driven along.
>>
>>????
> 
> The old tyres were shagged.


How would this cause the car to very noticeably pull to one side?

Chris Bacon (chrispbacon@thai.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they 
were saying :


>>>New front tyres! Now the old Cavalier doesn't pull to one side
>>>when being driven along.
>>>
>>>????

>> The old tyres were shagged.

> How would this cause the car to very noticeably pull to one side?


It's not uncommon for a car to pull if the tyres are unevenly worn - to the 
point where if a car's pulling, and nothing's obviously bent, swapping the 
tyres around is about the first thing you'd try.

"Chris Bacon"  wrote in message
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> New front tyres! Now the old Cavalier doesn't pull to one side
> when being driven along.
>
> ????


your wallets lighter !

"Chris Bacon"  wrote in message
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> Adrian wrote:
> > Chris Bacon gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
> >>New front tyres! Now the old Cavalier doesn't pull to one side
> >>when being driven along.
> >>
> >>????
> >
> > The old tyres were shagged.
>
> How would this cause the car to very noticeably pull to one side?


At a guess the carcass loses strength, leading to higher rolling resistance,
energy going into tyre wall deformation, etc. That imbalance causes a pull
on one side. More noticeable on fronts than rears, as they do the steering,
most of the braking, and on FWD put the power down.

I've had a couple of these cars.

If yours is the 90 - 95 shape with the 195 section tyres, and the tyres have 
the tread design with the grooves that go all the way around (like an F1 
tyre) - both of my cars were very sensitive to road markings when using 
these tyres and would "tramline" all the time, especially when accelerating. 
Got worse when the tyres were nearly worn out. Tyre wear was always 
perfectly even across the width of the tyre.

I used 2 types of tyre on the front that eliminated this problem,
    Goodyear NCT - the old type that you can't get any more, that had S 
shaped grooves acroos the tyre when viewd from above. This is the one that 
used to be shown on the opening sequences of top gear

    Goodyear Vectra (?) - the one that is directional, with the V shaped 
groove acroos the tyre.

So now you know....


"Chris Bacon"  wrote in message 
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> New front tyres! Now the old Cavalier doesn't pull to one side
> when being driven along.
>
> ???? 

On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:38:52 +0100, Chris Bacon 
wrote:


>New front tyres! Now the old Cavalier doesn't pull to one side
>when being driven along.
>
>????


May not pull but they have been fitted incorrectly.  The newest unworn
tyres should always be on the back, FWD, RWD or AWD/4WD (excespt for
ones that need a whole set).

"Peter Hill"  wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:38:52 +0100, Chris Bacon 
> wrote:
>
>>New front tyres! Now the old Cavalier doesn't pull to one side
>>when being driven along.
>>
>>????
>
> May not pull but they have been fitted incorrectly.  The newest unworn
> tyres should always be on the back, FWD, RWD or AWD/4WD (excespt for
> ones that need a whole set).
>


Says yes and  ducks under table....(205 owner)

> May not pull but they have been fitted incorrectly.  The newest unworn
> tyres should always be on the back


Mind if I ask why ? (i`ve just had the two front ones replaced on my 
shed)

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Peter Hill wrote:

> Chris Bacon wrote:
> 
>>New front tyres! Now the old Cavalier doesn't pull to one side
>>when being driven along.
>>
>>????
> 
> May not pull but they have been fitted incorrectly.  The newest unworn
> tyres should always be on the back


Yes. These are new on the front, the back tyres have 5.5mm. on
them. The front ones will wear a bit faster, so if this car keeps
going, it'll possibly wear out the whole lot at once!

I'm not *too* worried about having new on the front and worn ones
on the back, as the back still have a good amount of tread, & I
scarcely use it as a racing car, anyway.

Colin Wilson (void@btinternet.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they 
were saying :


>> The newest unworn tyres should always be on the back

> Mind if I ask why ? (i`ve just had the two front ones replaced on my 
> shed)


Because he's a sheep that can't think for himself and can't accept that 
perhaps that's a gross oversimplification aimed at the truly gormless and 
incompetent.