A recent thread about tire pressure on a Mercedes got me thinking. The spec for the rear tires was higher than for the front. But shouldn’t the pressure be higher in front since there’s more weight? Can anyone explain this? Thanks in advance.

My Audi has the same size tire front and rear, doesn’t have tons of negative camber and is basically a FWD car with AWD added yet it requires a higher rear pressure loaded and unloaded. In the US. In the UK, the very same car with the same tires (tyres) specs a higher FRONT pressure than rear. Aud…

[image] Ask the Experts: Front and rear tyre pressure Q. Why are the pressures of the front tyres normally lower than those of rear tyres or even sometimes equal? CarArticle - drive.com.au Tester

That article is crap. Pressure is not always dependent on the weight the axle carries. Higher pressure can carry more but it can also modify the handling. Less pressure front and more rear may be to insure the car understeers rather than oversteers. Oversteer is when the car slides off the road rea…

[image] Mustangman: Most but not all rear drive cars are heavier at the front, That’s what I thought too. I think you’re closer to the truth than the article.

Looks like it’s a European or Australian site so maybe tyre pressures are different in those areas with the predominate cars.

I thought of different tire sizes but AFAIK the vehicle in question has the same size front and rear.

Australian based on the .au domain. I’m not surprised they got it wrong, they can’t even spell “tire.” :wink:

[image] davepsinbox_157004: they can’t even spell “tire.” :wink: Just for something to do I was watching a youtube on changing “gearbox” oil on a Morris. Then I started to wonder if he was changing oil in the engine or the transmission. So confusing. Maybe the engine is the dynamo, but he …

@bing … the US, the UK and Australia seperated by a common language! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: Not just English speakers… a buddy originally from Peru did an assignment in Mexico. He had quite a time learning the pronunciations as well as the different words in the 2 versions of Spanish.

Why rear tire pressure higher than front?

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texases September 8, 2020, 9:15pm 6

Also, some cars have different sizes front and rear that require different pressures.

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Why rear tire pressure higher than front?

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