Nice pics Adam!
How much air pressure you guys got in those tires? Looks like to much...
20psi max is what the tires say on the side haha.
So thats what we put them at....
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1983 K10, Shannons truck. ***UPDATE POST #418***
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20psi max is what the tires say on the side haha.
So thats what we put them at....
It's 20 psi!!!!
You're running at maximum air pressure with an unloaded truck?
And you, for once didn't reply multiple times back to back in a thread.
That may or may not be too much pressure, depending on the size and design of the tire.
What is the weight rating of the tire? It should be large enough to support the truck when loaded with cargo. And you appear to be empty, so you should be below the maximum weight for the tire. As such, the proper inflation pressure will also be less than maximum.
You're not going to run into dire consequences by slightly over-inflating your tires. But you will wear out the middle of the tire faster than the edges. Looking at the pictures, it looks like the tires have been over-inflated for a while now...
That may or may not be too much pressure, depending on the size and design of the tire.
What is the weight rating of the tire? It should be large enough to support the truck when loaded with cargo. And you appear to be empty, so you should be below the maximum weight for the tire. As such, the proper inflation pressure will also be less than maximum.
You're not going to run into dire consequences by slightly over-inflating your tires. But you will wear out the middle of the tire faster than the edges. Looking at the pictures, it looks like the tires have been over-inflated for a while now...
That's what I was getting at.
Yeah ive never seen a pair of these tires that didn't do that in the center. I really don't care TBH, they were cheap and IMO these tires have nothing to do with towing so I doubt being loaded was the intention behind the max PSI.
Guy before said he always had 40 in them, im sure that's why the center is worse.
On that note, can we steer away from the unnecessary posts just to post? I really wanted to keep this a clean thread.
Guy before said he always had 40 in them, im sure that's why the center is worse.
On that note, can we steer away from the unnecessary posts just to post? I really wanted to keep this a clean thread.
What gears are in her truck?
No idea. But if she gets on it, the tires will chirp when it hits 2nd. So must be a decent gearing
Apologies for the fumesishness. I deleted my ridiculous postings.
Weight rating has (nearly) nothing to do with towing...I'm talking about the weight that the tires are carrying (the weight of the truck, including whatever load is present).
The amount of contact area for each tire is a function of the weight it carries divided by the pressure in the tire. More weight = more contact area. Less pressure = more contact area. The converses are also true. If you are running more than optimal pressure, that tire has less contact area than it should. If your contact area does not match what the tire engineers intended, the wear will not be even, and you will end up throwing away the tire before you get all your wear out of it.
You may not care much about this particular set of tires, but someday you will have nice tires that are worth caring for. And there really isn't any reason to abuse this set, either.
I can also understand not caring much at this time. But it is good info to learn, to save future sets.
Alright, toys are in garages for the winter and it's time to upgrade.
Thinking for yellow truck, we will do my stock 52s in the rear, just need a shackle flip and a 2" block. Whose got something?
For the front we need a set of 6" lift springs.
Hit me up
Thinking for yellow truck, we will do my stock 52s in the rear, just need a shackle flip and a 2" block. Whose got something?
For the front we need a set of 6" lift springs.
Hit me up
I have my old set of 6" RC lift springs sitting on my trailer. But I wont be back stateside till mid Jan.
I have some cast iron Ford blocks. Not sure if they are 2" or 3".
Martin
Martin
Ill consider whatever, the main goal is to keep it about the same height, but get it to ride somewhat decent.
With all the bastard pack goodness going on, im not entirely sure what the real lift height is, but my guess is somewhere in the 6" range.
With all the bastard pack goodness going on, im not entirely sure what the real lift height is, but my guess is somewhere in the 6" range.
I hate bastard packs, makes for a lot more guess work.
Nice looking k10!
I am going to be parting out the suspension on the 90 Suburban that I got as an axle donor for my Raider project. Check that thread for some pics. It has an ORD shackle flip in the rear with stock shackles and I believe 4" BDS springs up front with some shorter ORD shackles. You could probably go longer shackles front and rear with an EZ inch where needed and be in that 6" range. I believe I also have some ~2" blocks kicking around if needed. The shackle flip and blocks would be easy enough to ship up to you but the springs could be somewhat costly as they would have to go UPS and would be an oversize item. Not sure how fast I could get all that stuff pulled either as I am waiting on some news regarding the future of the body and frame for that suburban.
So this thing leaks atf like mad. Pulled it out of hibernation yesterday, and just sitting there running, it is pushing atf out of the rear output.
This tells me that the th350 is pushing atf into the 205.
Is there an output seal on a th350? Or is it like my 700r4 and just need new input seal on the 205?
This tells me that the th350 is pushing atf into the 205.
Is there an output seal on a th350? Or is it like my 700r4 and just need new input seal on the 205?
