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Old Jul 11, 2000 | 12:19 AM
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you know when your wheelieing, and go off to one side because the rear tires are at different psi? well my idea will make them both exactly the same. somehow get two pumps and splice two hookups together, so their about 6 feet long ( away from eachother ). then you can just turn on the pump with both the rear, or front tires getting the exact same psi.
 
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Old Jul 11, 2000 | 10:43 AM
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actually if one tire starts out with more psi from the start it will not work. try using a pressure gauge.
 
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Old Jul 11, 2000 | 11:07 AM
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yeah, it would work great if both had the exact same pressure at first
 
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Old Jul 11, 2000 | 11:40 AM
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How about you just get a length of hose (about 6 feet long), put a valve in the center and attach a tire chuck to each end. Place each side on the valve stem, open the valve and you have 2 perfectly even tire pressures.
 
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Old Jul 11, 2000 | 04:47 PM
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It will work even if one tire is flat and the other full. The hose coming from the pump is tee'd into two hoses, one connected to each tire.
The pressure will equalize between the two just like Blaster97 said it would with a hose across the two. As you pump up the tires the pressure will always be equalized regardless of how out of ballance it started from.
 
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Old Jul 11, 2000 | 05:56 PM
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suzuki, it will work, considering there is a continuous route from the pump, to each tire, and each tire to eachother, so regarding the laws of physics, it is proven.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2000 | 01:21 AM
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Hehe......I'll use a tire gauge thank you very much!!
 
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Old Jul 13, 2000 | 11:13 PM
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I saw this in a 4x4 truck mag.They had 4 hoses conected togother i for each tire.This was for airing the tires up and letting some out so U have the same airpressure when rock crawling.
 
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Old Jul 14, 2000 | 12:42 AM
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I would have never thought of that, thats a ton of hose!
 
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Old Jul 14, 2000 | 05:39 AM
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The idea would work but only in theory. If all ATV tires were made to the same exacting standards as the next then yes it would. But tire inflation is not the only determining factor in going straight. The actual circumference of the tire is the most important thing. Both tires must travel the same distance when turning each revolution. I learned this the hard way after getting a poorly matched set of Blackwaters. My quad always pulled to the left even when the tires were inflated exactly the same. After measuring the tires I found almost 1 1/2 inches difference in circumference between them. After correcting air pressure to gain the same circumference it then tracked straight. I had to run almost 1 pound more in one than the other.
Sorry for getting so technical but it drove me nuts for a while until I realized the problem.
 
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