Tire Replacement; Uniform Tire Quality Grading - Chevrolet El Camino 1983 Owner's Manual

• Drive
in
a restrained manner and avoid large
buf:r"p>,
potholes, severe turns
and other manuevers
which
could cause the tires to bomce up
arid
down' . '
•
': F ~
any
ott*
'inStructiOns
of . t t}e .
~
manutacturer
whicti
00
not
daagree with the _ a bove._ . · ,
• you
buy
tire chains
for
- ftlur"
vehicle,
make
sure
the side
chain fasteners we
not
wider than the
side
chain
links;
otherwise, the
chains.
may
contact
and
possibly _ _ 'tOO' - . . . • ..
• your
vetlic6e h.QS
P185175A14, P195/l5R14, orP205/ 75A14 tires
and
you
buy tire chains, make sure the side chain fMteras - are not
wider than the side
chain links; otherwlse .. lhe chains may
cpntact
aod
possibly damage yoUr car. n
your vehicle has P205175A14 tires and you buy tire chains. make sure they
are designated : as SAE _ C lass "S~'
type
cl1ains because use ,of other types of
chains may contact
_ a ncl
possibly IBnage your
vehicle.
Spare nre
For the use end Installation of your SJ*e tire, see
" In
Case of Emergency,"
Seclion
3 01 this
manual. '
Ti ..
~ ·
. CAuTION:
Do nat
' ! "":a -.....: . .
0I:IMCr~
typM
I.uch '. , ....
III-, .",,1Nt-
, MIIed)
on
,ou;
whlcle
.~
In __
..,1dM,
bIceuee yooUr vehicle'. Jiendlng could
be
~ encIlMY ,rMuIt
In -Ion of
CDIIIrGI; 'TN. CMIUon -d _
not-..."tD.
co~
«OW~Y, or.~.pi!Ire
tire
~
""" ,JO'If.
~Ic'-.
On
most
vehicles originally '
IquIpPed with
radiai tires,
yOu
W I.
ii(td
a TPC Spec.
No.
cr..-a
PerformIn;:e
Qlteria
SpecIIicBtion
Nurtibef)- -
molded
In10
the life
sidewal
near
the
tWe size
mar1cing.
ThIs shows that .the tire meats- rigid
size
and
perklrmEn;:e
~-
which were deveklped ·for
)OJ
vehicle.
The
TPC
Spec.
No.
888tX8S
a
Proper
corrtlination
01 encinnce, handling;
load capacity,
ride
ancf"tf8Ction on
W8f, d'y,
ancl snow-covered
Sl.WIaCes. When
you replace
. 'JOOI
tires wtth tires
hamg
_~
same TPC
Spec.
Ho:,
your' new tires ' will
be
~
with your
vehicle. . -
When replacir:lg 'tires
wfth
those
not lia,ving
' 8
TPC
Speq.
No.,
you
shpuld
uee .'
the
same size,
load
range,
anct
Cf;ln8truction
type (bias, bias-belted, or radial)
as the original tires on YOUr vehicle: Although It is not genaraly recommended,
some alpha-size and metric-size '
tIrea "
can . be interCl)anged. " (For size
equivalency, contact. your ChevroMt
deaIeJ
or a tire dealet). A different size or,
type 01 tire
may
otfect,such -thIngs
as
ride, hlwding" speedometer/ odometer
cab~lion ,
v8hlcle
{J'ound '
c~;
and
tire or tire chain clEiaranee
to
the
body
or chassis.
If
replacing
,. O I)Iy
a single tWe, It should be
paired
on the same
axle with
the least
worn-tire-
of
the 'other three. '
UnIform
. T ire
QuoIity
GrocIing
The
toHowing
intormation· relates
to
the
tire graiing system developed by the
United
States National Hghway Tralftc Safety
Administration which, , w ill grade
tires
by
treadWear, traction and ternper .... e pertormance.
(This
appll86 only
to
vehicles 90Id in
the, United
States.- )
5-'.