Sir:
You have a good point in your other post regarding "experts"
which is why I make sugestions rather than unsupported statements.
On the wire wheel issue I will stand as an expert and state that
you must not tow a wire wheel car backwards without constantly checking
the tightness of the knockoffs. I have sold 6 wire wheels and knockoffs
to tow companies that have tried. Also 2 complete suspension
assemblies.
If this saves one owner heartache, it is worth the bandwidth.
Kelvin.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ccrobins [mailto:ccrobins@ktc.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 1998 11:52 AM
> To: Dodd, Kelvin; mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Towing
>
>
> Dodd, Kelvin wrote:
> >
> > Ok, I bite. Now are you going to say it's ok to tow a wire
> wheel car
> > backwards because it doesn't say you can't in the owners manual?
> >
> > Kelvin.
> >
> >
> Kelvin,
>
> Nope. I'm not sure, having never tried it. I don't
> venture opinions
> on things I've never tried. I don't THINK there's any prob since
> there's no braking to move the wheels on their splines
> periodically when
> the car is being towed. I do know that my knock offs are
> tighter when I
> go to remove them than they were when I put tightened them, which I
> attribute to movement caused by braking, could be wrong. I
> used one of
> the Moss long wrenches (waste of $$) to tighten them. Bent the wrench
> trying to loosen them. I still need to buy a lead hammer.
>
> CR
>
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