The sticker in the door jamb says 55 psi front and 80 psi rear. This strikes me as pretty high. The tires say 80 psi max. I figure you need those pressures to achieve the max GVW. Would it be reasonable to run them lower provided you don't need to haul 1500 lbs?

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra

You could but I run 80 all around my excursion

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

Sounds about right, e rated tires run a lot of PSI.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

If you run 80 psi with an empty bed you will wear your tires in the middle and have unsafe handling. In my diesel F350's with utility beds and a full complement of tools and parts I run about 60 psi in the rear and 50 in the front with load range E tires. At about 8500 lbs total weight this seems to give good tire wear and as good a ride as can be expected from an F350 4x4. If I am going to get a load of firewood or something heavy I will air up the rears to 80 psi for the duration, then back to 60 psi. I have never found much reason to vary the pressure in the front tires as the pretty much carry a constant load. Aklim- I don't know how you can stand 80 psi all the way around in an Excursion!! On mine I go 50 all the way around and it still bounces on the slightest bump. You must have smooth roads where you live!

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1984 300TD 1981 240D

Everything you want to know about tire pressure:

http://www.goodyear.com/truck/pdf/da...dInflation.pdf

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

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The tires on my truck take 65 PSI so that's where I run them. I don't drive it much but when I do, I'm usually hauling something big or towing something heavy.

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

Try the pdf again

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

And then you woke up. Not a chance. My old springs used to be much softer but I changed to F350 springs. The soft springs were too squishy and with the F350 4 inch blocks in the back, the truck does sit higher. Bilstein shocks. However, I have Michelins which are WAY better than the Firestone stuff that I had.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

I run about 65 front and 70 rear on my 2000 Excursion. Never know what kind of load I will have on a given day. Yeah, I get beat to death with the high pressure. The truck tends to wander and dart around with the fronts up that high. On the plus side, the fuel economy is better with the harder tire. With an 8,000 lb flying brick, you do what you can to increase the economy.

Unfortunately, Landyot doesn't make his radius rods anymore which does help stability and wander. Checked your steering box yet? I think there is an adjustment in it.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

yeah, it has an adjustment just like a Benz. I just hate to twist on the screw if I can help it. From what I hear, the reason most steering boxes get sloppy is that the bushings at the end of the shafts wear and the adjustment is only a bandaid. One of these days I'm gonna buy a steering box for a 126 from a pick n pull and learn to rebuild them.

I'm not sure about that. Some have said that it cured the problem. All it needed was a quarter turn.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

I basically do the same, 50psi/front and 65psi/rear. I only raise rear tire pressure with a heavy payload. Also if you offroad in sand or mud the lower pressure helps.

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'86 300E 5 speed
'71 Triumph TR6
'46 Cushman Scooter
'41 Ford 9N tractor

In the 170,000 odd miles I've driven, I've only replaced one radius arm that got sloppy. That and adjusting the steering box has done wonders for the highway driving experience.

It literally takes seconds to adjust it. Just make sure that the wheel is perfectly straight when you do it. There's a "hump" in the mechanism at center to take the slop out of it when steering down a long straight. Screw the adjuster down until it just bottoms then back slightly.

If you tighten it with the wheel turned, it'll bind when to turn back towards center.

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250