CHEVROLET 2011 Express - Manual (Page 326)

Black plate (56,1) Chevrolet Express Owner Manual - 2011
10-56 Vehicle Care
(F) Tire Ply Material : The type
of cord and number of plies in
the sidewall and under the tread.
(G) Single Tire Maximum
Load
: Maximum load that can
be carried and the maximum
pressure needed to support that
load when used as a single. For
information on recommended
tire pressure see Tire Pressure
on page 10‑60 and Vehicle Load
Limits on page 9‑12.
Tire Designations
Tire Size
The following examples show
the different parts of a tire size.
Passenger (P‐Metric) Tire
(A) Passenger (P‐Metric) Tire :
The United States version of a
metric tire sizing system. The
letter P as the first character in
the tire size means a passenger
vehicle tire engineered to
standards set by the U.S. Tire
and Rim Association.
(B) Tire Width : The three‐digit
number indicates the tire section
width in millimeters from
sidewall to sidewall.
(C) Aspect Ratio : A two‐digit
number that indicates the tire
height‐to‐width measurements.
For example, if the tire size
aspect ratio is 75, as shown in
item C of the illustration, it would
mean that the tire's sidewall is
75 percent as high as it is wide.
(D) Construction Code :
A letter code is used to indicate
the type of ply construction in
the tire. The letter R means
radial ply construction; the
letter D means diagonal or
bias ply construction; and the
letter B means belted‐bias ply
construction.