Goodyear G614 tires

NC Hauler wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
I don't look at it as bad-mouthing the Sailun tires. I bought the Sailun and I'm always interested in anything I hear, or someone passes along, about them. You just have to separate the wheat from the chaff on anything you hear.

Agree. I've really not heard or read anything bad about them...Give it another year or so and if they're reputation stands up, they will without a doubt, be a viable option....

Poor choice of words ( bad mouthing ) But my point is we have two thousand happy customers, then one guy comes on here, and said he read somewhere about poor tire wear, and we are off ,and running, we got a bad tire. Yes give the Sailun some time see how they pan out.

richardcoxid wrote:
One of my “original 5 G/Y “G” rated tires was always 10-15# low on pressure. I must have had the tire and rim “dunked” 5-6 times with NO bubbles visible. One tire shop finally dis-mounted the tire and on removal of the metal stem found that the molded seal had been installed at an angle and pinched between the rim and the stem. They said that when the tire wasn’t rotating it would seal OK, when the tire was rotating there just enough “rim flex” even though it would only flex a few thousandths of an inch it would squeak out a small amount of air every rotation. They installed a new metal stem and seal and the air loss went to “zero”.

Excellent investigative work!

richardcoxid wrote:
One of my “original 5 G/Y “G” rated tires was always 10-15# low on pressure. I must have had the tire and rim “dunked” 5-6 times with NO bubbles visible. One tire shop finally dis-mounted the tire and on removal of the metal stem found that the molded seal had been installed at an angle and pinched between the rim and the stem. They said that when the tire wasn’t rotating it would seal OK, when the tire was rotating there just enough “rim flex” even though it would only flex a few thousandths of an inch it would squeak out a small amount of air every rotation. They installed a new metal stem and seal and the air loss went to “zero”.

Good Job.
Glad you were able to confirm the real cause of the problem. Someone that didn't pay attention like you do might just drive the tires "flat", have a "blowout" and blamed the tires.

One of my “original 5 G/Y “G” rated tires was always 10-15# low on pressure. I must have had the tire and rim “dunked” 5-6 times with NO bubbles visible. One tire shop finally dis-mounted the tire and on removal of the metal stem found that the molded seal had been installed at an angle and pinched between the rim and the stem. They said that when the tire wasn’t rotating it would seal OK, when the tire was rotating there just enough “rim flex” even though it would only flex a few thousandths of an inch it would squeak out a small amount of air every rotation. They installed a new metal stem and seal and the air loss went to “zero”.

Us out West wrote:
Maybe a separate thread on the Sailun's would be good...get the current Sailun talk out of a GY thread.

I believe we only know about three load range G 16" steel ply carcass LT tires. The GY G614, The Sailun S 637 and the GeoStar G574. What is the problem with talking about more than one of them in the same thread. They are the only game(s) in town so to speak for a LRG 16" LT tire. Chris

Dan50 wrote:

Me Again wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
I'm interested, but not to the point of trying to find something about the Sailun tire in all those tire posts. Thread title would make the posts easier to find.

Guess I should have linked directly to the thread, as I can not now weed through all the many tire problem post and find it again. I do not have a logon on their site to do a search. Maybe one of their members can search and find it. Sorry, I look twice!

Chris

Here you go.


http://www.heartlandowners.org/showthread.php/42056-Sanilun-Tires-on-2011-3670-Bighorn

Thank you, that is in fact the one that I read a couple days ago and could not find again. Chris

Maybe a separate thread on the Sailun's would be good...get the current Sailun talk out of a GY thread.

Other than some not knowing how to spell "Sailun", and some a little over weight and some with quite a few miles on the tires, it appears they are doing well....didn't see anything that would cause alarm with these tires...It appears they've been around a little longer than what I thought they had been and again, with the Quality processes they have in place, believe it's going to be a good tire....Guess another year or so of reviews by people who are using them AND maybe the main test would be that "IF" one of their tires failed, (I say "IF"), and it's found to be a flaw in the manufacturing process, what will Sailun do to "make it right".....Guess we'll we just "wait and see".....:)

Dan50 wrote:

Me Again wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
I'm interested, but not to the point of trying to find something about the Sailun tire in all those tire posts. Thread title would make the posts easier to find.

Guess I should have linked directly to the thread, as I can not now weed through all the many tire problem post and find it again. I do not have a logon on their site to do a search. Maybe one of their members can search and find it. Sorry, I look twice!

Chris

Here you go.


http://www.heartlandowners.org/showthread.php/42056-Sanilun-Tires-on-2011-3670-Bighorn

Fixed it for you.

http://www.heartlandowners.org/showthread.php/42056-Sanilun-Tires-on-2011-3670-Bighorn

Me Again wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
I'm interested, but not to the point of trying to find something about the Sailun tire in all those tire posts. Thread title would make the posts easier to find.

Guess I should have linked directly to the thread, as I can not now weed through all the many tire problem post and find it again. I do not have a logon on their site to do a search. Maybe one of their members can search and find it. Sorry, I look twice!

Chris

Here you go.


http://www.heartlandowners.org/showthread.php/42056-Sanilun-Tires-on-2011-3670-Bighorn