Tire pressure for 300SD's front tires.

[ericnguyen]

Dear friends:

You know that the old Mercedes diesel cars are very heavy, especially older W116 or W126 300SD with 617 cast iron engine block. I've just replaced 4 new tires (Yokohama Avid Touring P195/75R-14) on a 300SD. The maximum pressure printed on the sidewall of these tires is 35 PSI, but I only inflated them to about 33 PSI. The 2 rear tires look OK at this pressure of 33 PSI. However, the 2 front tires look "underinflated" at the same pressure.

I wonder whether it's safe enough to inflate the 2 front tires to the maximum pressure of 35 PSI. I'd like to hear some comments from 300SD owners out there.

Thanks.

Eric

[Luke@tirerack]

35 front ... alot of the time radials look underinflated even whne they are inflated properly