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Originally Posted by Ford56
Keeping them even a pound or two over inflated makes them easier to turn too.
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NEVER overinflate a tire past the manufacturers recommendations as shown stamped onto the tire sidewall. I don't care if it is summer or winter. As tires revolve, the tread builds up heat which heats up the air inside the tire and causes the tire to expand. During summer, the effect is obviously greater. During winter not so much, but if highway driving in winter, same thing will occur.
Tires can explode if overinflated even by one or two PSI.
I always run my tires about two PSI below the mfrs recommended maximum PSI to be safe.
Yes, over-inflating will certainly make it easier to steer, if you wanna take the chance of blowing out a sidewall. But over-inflating also wears the tread at the center more than it should be.