My '95 K2500 has a 14FF swapped in and load range E tires, it normally has 30 PSI in the rear, being empty, and I still took a bunch of tread from the middle of the tires before I caught it. When I load it heavy, then 75 PSI.
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1982 C/K 6.0L Caitlyn Mall Crawler (Interior time)
- Thread starter Babaganoosh
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My load range E tires on my Duramax usually only get 45-55 psi unless I'm towing/hauling alot of weight. Just gotta be smart about it.
Exactly they should be aluminumPaint? On WHEELS? Why would someone DO that?
It would ride better with a manual trans.
You guys are whores, posting random stuff I. Here. There is a reason this is the most replied to thread on ck5... haha
My reading has brought me to believe that you use the side wall as a guide. There's 2 numbers on the sidewall you want to look at. The psi and that is always at a specified weight. So if I pull some numbers out of the air, your tire says it's rated for 50 psi @ 2000lbs you have to look at your load and say... ok my truck is probably only putting 1000lbs on that tire - which is half that rated weight. So I'll start at 25psi as a baseline and see how it wears. Marking like Bent said earlier will fine tune it from there if you want to go further.
Temp does matter - check your psi cold.
Last time I seriously it was 30 psi cold, I think im close.
That's what he said
In all seriousness, I would guess you'll be about right near 25psi in the rear and 30+/- in the fronts. Be careful getting much lower than that because it gets really easy to damage a wheel when your going fast and hit things.
Sounds like I need to drop a few psi and play with it more.....
Yes that's a opening for you again.
So the noise I have been hearing is the tcase, it was low on fluid. I hope I didn't hurt the bearings....
