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Motor31 · 06-15-2011, 10:51 AM

Ron,

I don't look for a specific temperature. Tires can heat up to rather high temps even without rolling an inch, just by exposure to the sun in the SW desert. What I look for is a tire that is noticably hotter than the others, indicating that it is losing air, or has lost air and the sidewall is flexing more causing it to heat up more than the others. Same for the hubs. As long as they are all just about the same everything is running normally.

06-15-2011, 10:51 AM	#28
Motor31 Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 2,130	Ron, I don't look for a specific temperature. Tires can heat up to rather high temps even without rolling an inch, just by exposure to the sun in the SW desert. What I look for is a tire that is noticably hotter than the others, indicating that it is losing air, or has lost air and the sidewall is flexing more causing it to heat up more than the others. Same for the hubs. As long as they are all just about the same everything is running normally. __________________ Mike Nancy and the fuzzies Fulltiming since June 2004 Volvo 660 MH tow vehicle 2005 MS 38RL 2007 Saturn Ion "toad" 2010 Gold Wing "piggyback"