Any problems with Goodyear Endurance tires?
After hearing the Goodyear tire problems on motor homes, I was wondering if anyone who is/has used Goodyear Endurance tires on their travel trailer had any issues with these tires?
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- We don't go out enough to justify LT tires on travel trailer, so we went with the Goodyear Endurance.. so far so good.
If I had more trips or higher mileage, I would step up to LTs, maybe even Michelin ribs I hear about.. Gulfcoast wrote:
We tried balancing beads three times on an rv bus, and the tires never balanced well. They don't work for me.
To tell the truth, I have no idea whether they work or not. But with all the problems and conditions mentioned here and elsewhere, I figured it would be better than nothing. Reviews I read online seemed promising, so, why not?
With the previous Maxxis’, no balancing and nothing really moved around in the camper.
New Endurances and nothing moves around, either.
I dunno. Guess I could jack up the wheels, rig up a drill to spin ‘em, and see....
Naw, that ain’t gonna happen.- We tried balancing beads three times on an rv bus, and the tires never balanced well. They don't work for me.
- All of the above is why I use balancing beads.
- Then on top of all those points above is trailer hubs are not balanced anywayz. As was mentioned adding weights may or may not work the best.
- A lot of RV trailers come from the factory with tandem axles and leaf springs. A lot of manufactures, Winnebago for example, use very cheap nylon bushings on the spring ends, 7 per side. If the tires are not balanced the bushings wear out faster than if the tires are balanced. Not trying to start out a balance vs non-balance war, just laying out the facts. Here is a photo of the bushings that I changed out at 15,000 miles on my first RV trailer, non-balanced tires. I always keep my RV tires balanced now.
LarryJM wrote:
Huntindog wrote:
trail-explorer wrote:
If you balance them.... Be sure you have them use a lug plate. Otherwise it is a waste of time and money.Griz14 wrote:
Thanks everyone for your feedback. It looks like the Goodyear Endurance is performing well so far. So I going to put them on the my travel trailer.
Be sure the tire shop balances them.
Lug plate or not IMO balancing trailer tires is a waste of $$$ in general. ;) However, it's your $$$ so do with it what you want :B
Unless you use shims in the wheel hub pilot to center the wheel on the axle before tightening the lug nuts, you will never center that wheel on the axle with any consistency. The first two or three lug nuts you mate to the conical wheel seats will shift that wheel off axis if you don't use shims which is a HUGH and TEDIOUS procedure and having balancing wts already on the wheel can potentially make the wheel even more UNBALANCED on the axle than if the wheel had not been balanced on a machine using a lug plate.
Larry
That is not the problem.
The problem is that the so called pilot center hole is not necessairily perfectley centered on most trailer wheels. They are just stamped out. They are not meant to be centered on the hub by the pilot hole. They are called Lug centric, for a reason. The lugs center them. Now a lot of autos use hub centric rims. Those can be balanced using the center hole when balancing.Huntindog wrote:
trail-explorer wrote:
If you balance them.... Be sure you have them use a lug plate. Otherwise it is a waste of time and money.Griz14 wrote:
Thanks everyone for your feedback. It looks like the Goodyear Endurance is performing well so far. So I going to put them on the my travel trailer.
Be sure the tire shop balances them.
Lug plate or not IMO balancing trailer tires is a waste of $$$ in general. ;) However, it's your $$$ so do with it what you want :B
Unless you use shims in the wheel hub pilot to center the wheel on the axle before tightening the lug nuts, you will never center that wheel on the axle with any consistency. The first two or three lug nuts you mate to the conical wheel seats will shift that wheel off axis if you don't use shims which is a HUGH and TEDIOUS procedure and having balancing wts already on the wheel can potentially make the wheel even more UNBALANCED on the axle than if the wheel had not been balanced on a machine using a lug plate.
Larrytrail-explorer wrote:
If you balance them.... Be sure you have them use a lug plate. Otherwise it is a waste of time and money.Griz14 wrote:
Thanks everyone for your feedback. It looks like the Goodyear Endurance is performing well so far. So I going to put them on the my travel trailer.
Be sure the tire shop balances them.ScottG wrote:
I have had 3 sets of Maxxis. No problems at all. I wouldn't hesitate to buy them again.
From my perspective, Maxxis Tires were good at first. It was my third set before they started having issues.
The same could happen to the GY's but they've been out for about 4 years and so far, so good. I hope my next set is as good.
