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#5683 of 5688 Tire Question for Obyone by shiftless

Sep 25, 2006 (6:17 pm)

Obyone,
What is your opinion of Michelin LTX M/S tires regarding ride comfort, milage performance, handling performance, tire pressure and any other comments you can make comparing: P265-75-16 & LT265-75-16 ("C" rating) on a 2K Sierra short bed, standard cab? The bed is fairly heavily loaded with tools most of the time. My daily commute is short but most weekends involve several hundred miles of hi way travel.
 
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#5684 of 5688 Re: Tire Question for Obyone [shiftless] by KCRam@Edmunds HOST

Sep 26, 2006 (6:14 pm)

Replying to: shiftless (Sep 25, 2006 6:17 pm)
I had LTX M/S tires (LT215/85R16E) on my 96 Ram dually, outstanding performance. I put over 55,000 on them in just 3 years, and they still had tread left. They even held their own in light to moderate snow.
 
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#5685 of 5688 Re: Tire Question for Obyone [shiftless] by obyone

Sep 28, 2006 (2:05 pm)

Replying to: shiftless (Sep 25, 2006 6:17 pm)
The "P" tire will give better ride results. I'm assuming you have a 1500 series truck. If that's the case, I don't see any benefit from owning a LT series tire since the weight rating of the P series exceeds the max load for the truck.

#5686 of 5688 Bounce and/or vibration at 40mph+, 2006 gmc sierra crew cab 2wd by vickery8

Oct 06, 2006 (7:56 am)

I recently purchased a 2006 gmc sierra crew cab 2wd and I have a vibration or bounce that comes in just above 40mph. It turns into more of a vibration at 50 and above. I think it is related to the aluminum driveshaft. GMC is saying they are working on new body mounts to stop the problem.Anyone else have this problem and know what to do to fix it?

#5687 of 5688 Re: Bounce and/or vibration at 40mph+, 2006 gmc sierra crew cab 2wd [vickery8] by p100

Oct 12, 2006 (6:27 am)

Replying to: vickery8 (Oct 06, 2006 7:56 am)
If your truck came with factory General tires, I would start looking there and replace the tires with Michelin LTX M/S. These General tires are of such horrible quality that some Silverado owners insisted on another brand of tires when the tires were repeatedly replaced by dealers under warranty for various vibration problems.
 
Who determined that your driveshaft is the root cause of the problem? I have the same aluminum driveshaft on my '06 crew cab Z71 and no vibration. If the driveshaft is bent or out of balance, it should be replaced/rebalanced. That's not that hard to figure out. As for body mounts being the culprit, I have not heard that.

#5688 of 5688 Important news! by KCRam@Edmunds HOST

Oct 17, 2006 (9:34 pm)


 
As you may have noticed, we are reorganizing the Forums to allow better focus and easier searching when you have a particular problem or comment about any given vehicle. Many of the large generic discussions (like this one) will be closed to new posts, and we ask that you continue in the more focused discussions that you can find at the Group page for the vehicle, linked below. This discussion will not be deleted, so you can still search for information in it.
 
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