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Does your front tire make a lot of noise? Mine isn't very old but it howls at times & is noisy. Hard to describe. Sounds like a cupped tire, but I can't see any cupping. Tire pressure is correct. Balanced correctly to. The ride is ok.
Wondering if it's normal or do I have a bad tire :?:
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I have a front and back E3 for about 1000 kms on my 1999 Voyager and there are as quiet as can be. These are the best I've had so far.
If it is to be, it is up to me. Vince
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What's your tire pressure at
does it make the howling when you are leaning in a turn.
Also take a look and see if the running direction is right.
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Mine make a light howl banking into turns.Going straight they are quiet.They have 11000 miles on them. :thmup:
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Its not your front making noise its the rear. Put three or four psi in it and take a ride, I bet it howls less.
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I've run 36-38 in the front tire. It howls when turning

chevyman1 wrote:What's your tire pressure at
does it make the howling when you are leaning in a turn.
Also take a look and see if the running direction is right.
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voyager55 wrote:I've run 36-38 in the front tire. It howls when turning

chevyman1 wrote:What's your tire pressure at
does it make the howling when you are leaning in a turn.
Also take a look and see if the running direction is right.
I run 40 psi in the front and 43 psi in the rear cold.
the noise you are getting it the same as I got on my last front tire that I ran 36 psi in and as the miles got up there 12-14 k the tread on the side got wavy you really had to look close to see it, then after a wile I started to get front end shake when no throttle at about 15 MPH if I took one hand off the bars.
Anyway I was told to run 40 psi front 43 psi rear and that would help to keep that from happening. :thmup:
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Who told you to run higher are pressure? Mechanic, friend, ??


chevyman1 wrote:
voyager55 wrote:I've run 36-38 in the front tire. It howls when turning

chevyman1 wrote:What's your tire pressure at
does it make the howling when you are leaning in a turn.
Also take a look and see if the running direction is right.
I run 40 psi in the front and 43 psi in the rear cold.
the noise you are getting it the same as I got on my last front tire that I ran 36 psi in and as the miles got up there 12-14 k the tread on the side got wavy you really had to look close to see it, then after a wile I started to get front end shake when no throttle at about 15 MPH if I took one hand off the bars.
Anyway I was told to run 40 psi front 43 psi rear and that would help to keep that from happening. :thmup:
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voyager55 wrote:Who told you to run higher are pressure? Mechanic, friend, ??


chevyman1 wrote:
voyager55 wrote:I've run 36-38 in the front tire. It howls when turning

chevyman1 wrote:What's your tire pressure at
does it make the howling when you are leaning in a turn.
Also take a look and see if the running direction is right.
I run 40 psi in the front and 43 psi in the rear cold.
the noise you are getting it the same as I got on my last front tire that I ran 36 psi in and as the miles got up there 12-14 k the tread on the side got wavy you really had to look close to see it, then after a wile I started to get front end shake when no throttle at about 15 MPH if I took one hand off the bars.
Anyway I was told to run 40 psi front 43 psi rear and that would help to keep that from happening. :thmup:

Carl at the Rally in Arkansas, that pressure is for the E3's
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Ok I'll give that a try, Thanks
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