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Greenblazer · 05-30-2008, 07:56 AM

Um Ok... Well CapriRacer,

I do appreciate you responding, but it's a bit of a technical response for me to wrap my mind around. I read it through a couple of times, and I think you are saying that an overinflated tire might or will fail sooner than a properly inflated tire, but not untill it has been stressed past the failure point by lots of use. In other words a new tire might hold higher psi than printed for a while, but with age and use could fail.

Let me simplify and ask again, is it, or is it not safe to run tires at MAX sidewall PSI in your educated opinion? A simple less technical answer would be appreciated.

I don't mean to sound snarky if I am comming accross that way, text can be funny like that. I don't have the technical background to quite grasp what you are saying.

Thanks for your information and participation in this forum.

Later,

Allan Greenblazer

P.S. I will be away until Sunday Night.

05-30-2008, 07:56 AM	#27 (permalink)
Greenblazer Certified Freak Join Date: May 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 120 Greenblazer's Taco - '07 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner Double Cab SR5 V6 4.0Liter 90 day: 24.54 mpg (US) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Um Ok... Well CapriRacer, I do appreciate you responding, but it's a bit of a technical response for me to wrap my mind around. I read it through a couple of times, and I think you are saying that an overinflated tire might or will fail sooner than a properly inflated tire, but not untill it has been stressed past the failure point by lots of use. In other words a new tire might hold higher psi than printed for a while, but with age and use could fail. Let me simplify and ask again, is it, or is it not safe to run tires at MAX sidewall PSI in your educated opinion? A simple less technical answer would be appreciated. I don't mean to sound snarky if I am comming accross that way, text can be funny like that. I don't have the technical background to quite grasp what you are saying. Thanks for your information and participation in this forum. Later, Allan Greenblazer P.S. I will be away until Sunday Night. __________________ Last edited by Greenblazer; 05-30-2008 at 08:30 AM..