Self Maintanance Tips 101

[Adam]

noticed air pressure in tyres was off today....fill em up when cold or after a drive?

cold cold cold

[Chuck]

i go 2 psi over what the factory recommendation is...i was 5 over today (hot as hell in Perth tho and driven pretty hard) - im thinking thats too much over the recomendation?

[gareth_oau]

I run mine at 38psi - harder gives more wall stiffness and better handling. also means longer tread life (just dont overdo it or you bulge the tread and get a wear strip down the middle).

also, recommend you get your own little tyre guage - the ones at garages are notoriously inaccurate

[leasaunce]

cold cold cold

never ever deflate a hot tyre!

You can inflate the tyres after driving, but it wont be accurate and from what i read, i think you need to put 8-10psi more than what you normally would put when the tyres are cold.

[poloplayer]

Have them machined or I believe there is some form of anti-squeel spray you can get from auto shops

Does that just blast the stones out of the brakes?

[DeanB]

Does that just blast the stones out of the brakes?

From my use of anti-squeal on motorbikes you apply it to the back of the pad. NOT to the discs. It works between the pad/caliper interface and stops the noise there rather than the pad/disc interface.

[pixl]

noticed air pressure in tyres was off today....fill em up when cold or after a drive?

Always cold... but sometimes it's not always convenient. What I do if I suspect my tyres are off is just before I've done all my driving for the day, I'll put in 45psi all round at the closest petrol station near home. The next morning, I'll go out with my tyre gauge and deflate them to whatever I want them at.

[Coaster]

Decent bicycle pumps have gauges on them, although they are fairly hard to read. But they're only ~$50 and very handy!

[sports racer]

From my use of anti-squeal on motorbikes you apply it to the back of the pad. NOT to the discs. It works between the pad/caliper interface and stops the noise there rather than the pad/disc interface.

The squeal is caused by a build up of brake dust on the pads. Hit them with the garden hose, much cheaper than anti-squeal.

Cheers

Paul