I don't think tire pressure has anything to do with it. Check your front wheel bearing play, and play in steering components, but an alignment will probably be needed before you're done.
-Max -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 10:38 AM To: Diesel List Subject: [MBZ] Lets talk tire pressure So the Red '84 190D isn't handling the way I'd want it to. If it were a snowmobile I'd say "it darts" which is to say it'll twitch side to side when heading down the road at 45mph or more. If you twitch the steering wheel back and forth nothing happens... I'm thinking tire pressure so this morning I checked, 40psi all around. Sidewall max says 44 so we're still safe there. I pulled the fronts down to 36 and took a test drive which seemed to show some improvement but its still not right. Rear shocks are new as are all the rear links. All the suspension seems to be tight, confirmed by my Indy and the inspection station dude 165,000 miles on the car. These are 14" wheels I forget the exact tire size but the sidewalls are big.... Maybe this afternoon I'll go all the way down to factory pressure and see what happens. On my other 190D I was running a bit above factory (factory is 28/32 I think I was running 30/34) which seemed to no hurt anything. It seems like the 4psi difference is more important than the actual tire pressure... Ideas? -Curt _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
