Re: 67 Wagoneer Questions

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A: I'll have to check around to see if I can find the link.


From: john <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: fsj: Re: 67 Wagoneer Questions

so a 235/75r15 should be 28.8 inches when new?

is there a source on line that mandates the official size for each tire 
size?
that would be handy to have... I thought it varied a bit from mfr to
mfr...

john


On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Jim Blair wrote:

>-->They are 28.8" when new. That was DOT requirement that all sizes be 
>matched,
>-->unlike when numbered or lettered sizes were the norm. They were allowed 
>to
>-->round up or down back then, and a tire from the beginning of a btach 
>could
>-->be up to 1" different than one from the end of the batch! (remember
>-->Firestone 500s? They were caused by some of the other bigger companies
>-->manipulating the rubber market so that they got poor quality rubber)