Hey gang,
Don't know how many of you remember about a year ago we had a
thread going about the vibrations in the front wheels on the car.
I had taken mine out for a drive and the front end came unglued at
about 50-55 mph. I had a real interesting thing happen this past
weekend. Friday night I took the car for a 20 mi. drive to my sisters
house and left the car over night. There was going to be a car show
a couple of blocks from her house the next day and it was easier to
drive the car out before the show. Anyway, I was following my dad,
who was driving the 48 TR1800, and my wife followed both of us in the
Van. When we got to my sisters, I asked my dad how fast he was going?
He said he had no idea as the speedo was non functional and the
interior dash lights weren't working. I told him mine dash lights
weren't working either, but that we had held at just under 50mph.
I didn't have any problem with the vibrations. On the way home, we
got seperated, him way ahead of me. So I started running with the
traffic between 55-60 mph. Funny thing the front end didn't vibrate.
In the past year I haven't done anything to the front end, and I know
it needs an alignment badly. The only difference in the run a year
ago and the run last Saturday was the face that a year ago I had
radial tires on the front and this time I had conventional bias ply
tires on the front.
Moral of the story, is that if you've tried just about everything and
still have the vibrations in the front end, try changing to
conventional bias ply tires.
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire
The one with the most toys, wins!
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