Bud,
Thanks for the inner tube idea. I will forward it to him this morning.
That's a new one for me--how did you ever determine that it was tubes
causing the problem?
Bob
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 17:24:40 -0400 Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net> writes:
> Bob,
>
> I had a similar situation when I first put my TD on the road.
> In my case
> it was cured by replacing the inner tubes.
>
> Bob Howard wrote:
>
> > One of our club members needs help. He's not a subscriber to the
> lists,
> > so I'm passing on a description of his problems.
> > Over the winter, he rebuilt the swivel pins and front
> suspension of
> > his TD. He also bought new radial tires.
> > Come spring, he found a severe shimmy at 50 mph--steering wheel
> > shakes, scuttle and windshield shake.
> > He had the wheels re-balanced again, by two different shops.
> > He sent the wheels out to be checked by a wheel shop. $130
> later, the
> > shop said wheels were within spec. He says that they have 3/16
> inch
> > runout, but that the shop says that's acceptible. (Runout on my
> TD
> > wheels is <3/32)
> > He bought new radial tires.
> > Front end has been aligned twice. TD front ends are similar to
> MGB, in
> > that there is no adjustment for caster or camber, only toe-in.
> Toe in is
> > now 1/16.
> > Wheels still shimmy violently.
> > What should he be looking for?
> >
> > Bob
>
> --
> Bud Krueger
> http://home.ici.net/~bkrueger/
> 52TD
> 77MGB
>
>
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