22.5 recap tires
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22.5 recap tires
Anybody running 22.5 recaps on the drive wheels? Price is right,but I don't want to look like Mr Magoo going down the road.I am worried about balance,and out of round.Also,anybody running 22.5's having wheel bearing/ball joint issues?
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I would never buy a retread tire for anything!!
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By going to the 22.5 my RPMS lowered and actually increased my mileage loaded and unloaded.
Guess again.....you may lower your gear ratio, but you increase your rolling resistance. Hope I'm wrong.
Guess again.....you may lower your gear ratio, but you increase your rolling resistance. Hope I'm wrong.
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I have been running 22.5s for 18 months. Still no ball joint issues, but with the increased unsprung mass, failure is inevitable. Retreads are fine IF the tires don't get hot. That's when the vulcanization fails. Remember these tires have very thick sidewalls and when flexed at speed get very hot because they cool slowly. Continuous running above 80 MPH is risky, as none of these tires are speed rated. I have 4.11s and when I went with the 22.5s, I lost 1 MPG at speeds below 50 MPH, but gained mileage by 2 MPG above 60 and below 75 MPH.
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If you tried it with a G56 manual you would see differently.
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I have been running 22.5s for 18 months. Still no ball joint issues, but with the increased unsprung mass, failure is inevitable. Retreads are fine IF the tires don't get hot. That's when the vulcanization fails. Remember these tires have very thick sidewalls and when flexed at speed get very hot because they cool slowly. Continuous running above 80 MPH is risky, as none of these tires are speed rated. I have 4.11s and when I went with the 22.5s, I lost 1 MPG at speeds below 50 MPH, but gained mileage by 2 MPG above 60 and below 75 MPH.
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If the tread ever seperates you run the risk of some body damage. I friend of mine has 35x13.5 tread sperate on and tore up his whole bed side. I have the retreads come off going down the high way and it is violent.
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