shaken wife syndrome

[meldorado]

compass avantgarde 200. we have just started taking our grandson out for short trips so he sits up front in his car seat and the wife has to sit in the back and is getting shaken to bits we didnt realise how bad the ride is back there as our dog has never complained about it. is there anything we can do?

 

[vwalan]

you could leave her at home and go on a boys trip.
could try letting a bit of air out of the back tyres .
it could be you are running too light . put a bit of ballest in the back.

 

[maingate]

Check your tyre pressures.

Most vans come out of the dealers with the max pressure (stamped on the sidewall) in them. Put the MAM (gross weight) of your van and the tyre size on here and somebody will probably know what they should be.

I had the same problem with my first van. I put it on a weighbridge and then rang Michelin with the details. They gave me the correct pressures and it made a world of difference. I had 80 psi in and reduced it to 55 psi on their advice.

A bit off topic but I had my Tag axle van on a weighbridge this afternoon.

With a fuel tank 7/8th full and a fresh water tank showing half full, I was only 40 kg short of the maximum permissable front axle loading. I have removed the super king size mattress from the overcab otherwise it would have been worse.

The moral is: If you have a tag axle van, you are overloaded. :mad1:

 

[Dezi]

Check your tyre pressures.

Most vans come out of the dealers with the max pressure (stamped on the sidewall) in them. Put the MAM (gross weight) of your van and the tyre size on here and somebody will probably know what they should be.

I had the same problem with my first van. I put it on a weighbridge and then rang Michelin with the details. They gave me the correct pressures and it made a world of difference. I had 80 psi in and reduced it to 55 psi on their advice.

A bit off topic but I had my Tag axle van on a weighbridge this afternoon.

With a fuel tank 7/8th full and a fresh water tank showing half full, I was only 40 kg short of the maximum permissable front axle loading. I have removed the super king size mattress from the overcab otherwise it would have been worse.

The moral is: If you have a tag axle van, you are overloaded. :mad1:

Try leaving the cat at home & going on a diet.

Dezi:banana:

 

[meldorado]

compass avangarde 200

MTPLM on plate under bonnet 2900kg tires are 195/70r 15c tested to 65psi on tire there was 63psi in them when i got van and still is but searchin old paperwork i found sombody had written 44psi all round in hand book