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mc_cc
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Jan 02, 2015

Real cause of "rivering" or cupping? Air pressure?

I just got back from a 4,000 mile trip out west. My right front tire has about a 1/4 inch wide divet on the tread. It is about one inch from the outside edge of the tire. None of the other tires ar...
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jerseyjim
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Jan 03, 2015
"Rivering" has been discussed many times here on the forum. Fron what I gather, this Goodyear rivering problem is partial to the 22.5 inch tires.
So far, never heard of it happening on a 19.5 inch Goodyear tire.

Personally, I've never had the problem. I have 19.5 inch tires (6 of them) and the motorhome came with the Goodyear G-670...and I've replaced them twice with the same model tire. Once because of milage (38,000) and the second time because of age (7 years).

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