What are radial tires?

[Syringer]

What advantage/disads do they provide whatever the alternative?

 

[Antisocial Virge]

Good luck finding bias ply tires.

 

[Heisenberg]

Alternatives? I don't think they've made bias-ply tires for standard vehicles for at least 20 years.

 

[Rastus]

The strength members (steel or fiberglass cords) are wound as a radius on a mandrell.

Bias ply tires are the alternative. They are only used on trucks because you can put more layers on them.

Radials wear better, and handle better.

 

[Zenmervolt]

No real alternative. Production of bias-ply tires has all but ceased, except in cases where they are produced for restored cars that compete in for originality.

The main difference is that with bias-ply tires, the tread deforms in response to sidewall flex whereas radial tires reduce this tendency.

http://www.michelingc.com/na_eng/News/85.html

ZV

EDIT: Also, http://auto.howstuffworks.com/tire1.htm

 

[notfred]

All tires currently for sale for street cars are radial tires. Unless you're driving a drag race car, don't even worry about it.

 

[StageLeft]

I've over-torqued a couple sets of tires on my sentra so I actually have been forced to buy 5-layered bias-plys for the front.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
I've over-torqued a couple sets of tires on my sentra so I actually have been forced to buy 5-layered bias-plys for the front.

What, did you tighten them to 90ft/lbs or something? Or newton meters or whatever the hell specs for japanese cars are in.

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
I've over-torqued a couple sets of tires on my sentra so I actually have been forced to buy 5-layered bias-plys for the front.

huh? "Over torqued" them?

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Skoorb
I've over-torqued a couple sets of tires on my sentra so I actually have been forced to buy 5-layered bias-plys for the front.

What, did you tighten them to 90ft/lbs or something? Or newton meters or whatever the hell specs for japanese cars are in.

I've got so much power going to the ground that the tire is spining off the rim when I launch

:disgust:

 

[Howard]

Then you need to nail the tire to the rim and then cover the hole with duct tape.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Skoorb
I've over-torqued a couple sets of tires on my sentra so I actually have been forced to buy 5-layered bias-plys for the front.

What, did you tighten them to 90ft/lbs or something? Or newton meters or whatever the hell specs for japanese cars are in.

I've got so much power going to the ground that the tire is spining off the rim when I launch

:disgust:

Yeah that Nissan power can really get you.