Hi Bob,
I noticed that the valve stems seemed be shifting around. When I pulled a
tire off of the wheel I discovered that there were some wrinkles in the tubes.
The tubes were intended for 175-15+. I replaced them with tubes labeled
155/165-15. They were fine after that until one threw a chunk of rubber due to
old age. I replaced them with Dunlop 165-15 SP-20's and installed the same
(155/165-15) tubes.
Bob Howard wrote:
> 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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Bud Krueger
http://home.ici.net/~bkrueger/
52TD
77MGB
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