GJUK Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 Hi guys, Hoipe you can help me with some tyre advice. Recently my car has had a new engine fitted (pinto) and it is now ending up bring driven much faster than previously. The tyres I have on the car are 7-8 year old (only done 1000 miles or so) yokohama things which came as a package from midland tyres... I'm finding they lock up really very easily in the bone dry, and I've tried moving the brake bias around but there seems to be very limited grip. They are running 24PSI up front and even that did not help. Can anyone offer any advice, I'm thinking of getting a software more sticky compound? It's never driven in the rain but only on the road. Thanks, Jon
mk2 mike Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 Are they A539s? I know of someone who had those and after 4 years they went off without warning. Resulted in him loosing the car on a bend on a perfectly dry sunny day. I've got them on mine but I'll be binning them after 4 years just in case. Edit: found the vid of when it happened! Lucky escape. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ5P54jrWJ0 1
GJUK Posted June 11, 2015 Author Report Posted June 11, 2015 yeah they are those tyres, they just feel very hard to the touch and was no impressed the other day when trying to scrub speed off them, just locking up left and right with little pressure on the brakes...
buzzard Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 Does it only lock on the front if so are the rear brakes working properly . If not then this will cause the fronts to lock up . Just a thought .
Ray Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 dont know how true this is, so dont shoot the messenger, but the guy had no reason to lie and thats his business, but i was told only 2 weeks ago, that its now illegal for any tyre distributer/fitter to fit a tyre, regardless of new or part worn, over 5 years old, due to the age hardening of the rubber, and ive actually seen him checking the dates as they come off the wholesalers van to cover himself also i know that they are trying to bring in a maximum 10 year tyre life for the MOT, if they havnt got it in already
irishtorag Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 here in Ireland tryes fail nct (mot) if they are 6 years old as rubber hardens and cracks
buzzard Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 They will advise you if the tyre is 10 years old . How ever it's not a fail.
gearbox100 Posted June 11, 2015 Report Posted June 11, 2015 I`ve always stayed well clear of those tyres on any of my cars, i think they are dangerous new let alone aged.
Snapper Posted June 12, 2015 Report Posted June 12, 2015 We run 539's on 7 replica's and they are OK for a fast road application. I admit on a light car they need to be ragged to get any heat in them. Sounds like little use and long time have probably made them go off. Perhaps some tyre softener would recover them for a run or 2
GJUK Posted June 13, 2015 Author Report Posted June 13, 2015 What would other suggest as a replacement tyre then?
DT36 Posted June 13, 2015 Report Posted June 13, 2015 Guys, have a look at the company in this link. They are expanding fairly quickly in the UK and they do 2 brands of old school tyres. http://www.tyresonthedrive.com/ If you use them though, let me know how you get on, as I have recently been contacted by them and potentially have an opportunity with them in the next 2 weeks. Be good to get some honest feedback on their service...
Moderator Rally Pack 2000 Posted June 13, 2015 Moderator Report Posted June 13, 2015 Are they A539s? I know of someone who had those and after 4 years they went off without warning. Resulted in him loosing the car on a bend on a perfectly dry sunny day. I've got them on mine but I'll be binning them after 4 years just in case. Edit: found the vid of when it happened! Lucky escape. This is absolutely true! I have them one one of my cars and they look like new no cracks etc but they are well over 5 years old but only a thousand miles on them and they have turned to stone. Ive been keeping them on as I am doing some painting but thats taking longer than expected. But when you take it on a reasonable drive I find by the end of it my fingers ache from grabbing the steering wheel too tight and a knot in my torso from tensing up so much. Fred Flintstone used old Yoko's im sure. 1
browneskids Posted June 13, 2015 Report Posted June 13, 2015 Food for thought. The total area of tyre-to-road contact, for all 4 tyres is only about the size of one A4 piece of paper !!! Thats all the friction that is holding you on the road, when you're tearing around the countryside, no-matter how good your driving skill are. Dont buy shite ditch-finders 1
Snapper Posted June 14, 2015 Report Posted June 14, 2015 If your not doing any mileage get soft tyres George Pooley, Demon Tweeks etc Only trouble with soft track type tyres is in the wet they are challenging and make my 7 feel twitchy
GJUK Posted June 18, 2015 Author Report Posted June 18, 2015 Food for thought. The total area of tyre-to-road contact, for all 4 tyres is only about the size of one A4 piece of paper !!! Thats all the friction that is holding you on the road, when you're tearing around the countryside, no-matter how good your driving skill are. Dont buy shite ditch-finders Speaking for myself, I never bought 'ditch finders'. Though the tyres on my car have seemily turned in to these.
Justmark Posted June 19, 2015 Report Posted June 19, 2015 These tyres are on my fast road escort, wet or dry they work fine,the thing is tyres are meant to be driven not stuck on wheels in garages, if there was a major problem then surely Yokohama would investigate, it's all about how you can drive the car and at what speed, it does look like the guy in the u tube add did have a problem but that could be oil he picked up off the road or something else,anything on the rear or an escort will twitch at speed and in the wet, v blade tyres I found were the best but there rotational , 1
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