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I replaced 2 of my goodyear G60 rags because they were wearing square
on the back. I used my new spare and my dads new spare on the front.
Tossed the two worst ones and road the better ones on the back. This
was good for the first 1000 miles, then those started Woo WOO woo-ing
agian. I then replaced all of the shocks all of the ball joints (they
were clunking)and had the front (only) aligned. I added two of the
four Contis I bought(Tire rack through Tires Plus $69each 1780 lbs
rated) to the front and have been running the newer G60's on the back
for the last 5K. The van is much more quite and no Wo WO. The rear is
wearing great so far. I asked for the parts back and found the back
shock had a bad spot in it and the Mech said the alignment was off bad
in the front (wheel was straight and it tracked straight before and
after.

I know the back can be aligned but was willing to wear off the G60's in
the back since they are getting over 6 years old to see if it was
really needed.
VW quoted me up to $300 due to putz work involved. It seems the
aliignment is fine.
I will add the other 2 contis be for the snow flys.

I would recommend to all to change the shocks when upgrading the tires.


I went with Midas all around but would do the shocks myself next time.
Been told the Boge's do not last very long and that is what the dealer
pushes with their Lifetime Warr. Go with the Bisteins from what I am
reading now.

One other problem was contributing to the back tire wear also. The back
driver side brake cyl was seized big time and I replaced that.

Hope this helps anyone with their decisions on tires and shocks. Not
cheap but worth it. Would not want the family in any other van.

Hope that T5 picture does not replace the EV bus.

Yegs, 93 EV MVWK 50,000 miles

for sale 86 Vanagon syncro W/ bed - 80K
84 Jetta GLI - 134K

<<I replaced 2 of my goodyear G60 rags because they were wearing square

Can someone define "wearing square"?

I was getting deep grooves in a diag pattern across the tire. These
were so bad that the tire would hop up and down even when rolled by
hand across the driveway. It was making the kids sick in the back at
60 mph. Typical of a bad shock and alignment problems. The van always
tracked straight.
Also was told the G60s start to loose their belts as the tread wears
down.
The tire was not round any more. One shop showed me two others he
took off of another EV and they looked just like mine Square. I
believe it was the shocks.

Yegs

chris noeske <chris-@...> wrote:
original article:

<<I replaced 2 of my goodyear G60 rags because they were wearing

square

Can someone define "wearing square"?