High top conversion van Handling in the wind
Iam looking for a solution to the awful handling my van has in the wind. I've almost been blown off the road with winds as little as 25 mph. My van is a 1999 Chevy High top conversion van. I have re...
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stan909 wrote:
Slow down as last poster stated. LT rated tires with stiffer sidewall helps wallowing under all conditions.
Stiffer sidewalls AND rigid tread.
Yup my bet is they put real aggressive tires on your van and the outer tread is flexing.
I know all too well what that does to handling.
Sadly I replaced all 6 of my tires on my MH with VERY expensive Michelin tires that I let my tire shop pick out for me. I thought the more expensive the better.
My perfect handling MH went from excellent to ALL OVER THE ROAD. Because of the flexible outer tread of the new tires. :(:(
Truck repair shop guy showed me. Took two fingers to the out side tread on my new tires and wiggled it back and forth with very little effort. Now put the weight of a MH on top of that and you'd know why it wanders all over.
