The younger son drives the 94 S420, which has a full set of Michelins put on it less than a year ago by the PO. He was complaining about a shimmy or vibration in the wheel at highway speeds. I drove the car and found evidence of the shimmy at almost every speed, but it was most pronounced above 50 mph.
I had the car aligned and all of the tires checked for balance. The alignment was off slightly in front and one of the front tires had nearly 1-1/2 ounces off balance. He says it drives like it's on rails now. Dan Sent from my iPad > On Feb 16, 2016, at 8:53 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > The I pulled the Michelins off my 140 to balance then again and noticed some > small cracking in the sidewall near the rim. Not something i was concerned > with really but something I noticed. I will say the 140 as you probably know > is very sensitive to wheel balance. After the balance it is much better but I > still get a little bit of vibration and shimmy in the steering wheel. I > suspected one of the front tires has a flat spot or something. It sort of > looked like it on the balancer. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 16, 2016, at 5:45 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> My local tire guy is a former Michelin factory rep. He's never come out and >> said it directly, but he often points out issues common to Michelins and has >> never recommended them. >> >> When I got the S430 I noticed the front tires (Michelins) looked dry rotted. >> I checked the dates on both and they were only about a year old. I had him >> look at them. >> >> "Yeah, they're dry rotting. They're good for maybe another year." >> >> He explained that this is a common condition for Michelins in southern >> climates. >> >> I think the big tires on the SL500 are Hankooks. They have worked great and >> barely worn in almost 10,000 miles. They were reasonably priced considering >> the choices were limited in these sizes but weren't the cheapest. About >> $1,000 for the whole car. I don't recall the exact sizes. But they are >> 18"x8" and 9". >> >> Dan >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Feb 15, 2016, at 9:04 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Try the milestar and give us a report in 40k miles. >>> >>> Hankook: Kooky name for a tire. The name is a turn off. The light truck >>> sizes are sometimes good. >>> >>> Toyo, I had some on the escort (Diesel content) fast wear and slipped >>> belts No mo... >>> >>> Michelin: overpriced, slipped belts, have to throw them out when half worn, >>> so they end up costing 4x as much. The rubber in michelins used to be >>> noticeably better than other brands as far as lasting years without >>> cracking. The truck tires were the best carcass for retreading. Their car >>> tars suck. >>> >>> Have cooper CS4s now on the van, but they are discontinued. We'll see how >>> they do. >>> >>> Was looking at cooper on discount tire direct for the SDL. Saw the cheaper >>> house brand, but was going for a name brand. Too bad the contis are so >>> expensive now. Every conti I have had was good. Never had a failure. >>> (but those were mostly German tires. Then seemed to get more expensive >>> after they bought general and are made in USA.) >>> >>> My #1 son has had good luck with several sets of Coopers >>> >>> Had some various no name chinee tars. Nothing but trouble. >>> >>> The Czechoslovakian contis sounded interesting. >>> >>> >>>> Hankook get raves in LA. Just put four on. >>>> >>>> I'm a toyo fan and they are really cheap on ebay. >>>> >>>> Michelin on the family car. Guess those baby ads worked. >>>> On Feb 15, 2016 4:24 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" < >>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have 4 vehicles I need to order new tires for. One of which is one of >>>>> my 210 cars. I have pretty much decided to always stick with Michelins >>>>> only, but on one of my other 210s I just put a set of Pirellis on it which >>>>> are higher rated slightly on Tirerack, but cheaper. Now I am seriously >>>>> thinking about trying out these Milestars which are a 50K mile tire and >>>>> are >>>>> actually the highest rated tire on discount tire direct, if that means >>>>> anything. They are almost half the price than the Michelins and only 10k >>>>> mile less warranty. >>>>> http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/findTireDetail.do?ra=filterTireProducts.do&fl=&yr=1999&pc=19338&counter=0&ar=55&rd=16&vid=006253&cs=215 >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
