[Healeys] Michelin 180/ R15 XAS tires Fill up the wheel well too much and rub on late 67 BJ8

[Michael Oritt]

I use 30m psi all around on my XAS's.

Best--Michael Oritt

On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 3:24 AM Robert Begani <rfbegani at gmail.com> wrote:

> Richard,
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> My friend the machinist, rigger, etc. came over this morning to help me
> measure the centering of the differential/axel and found everything within
> 1/8th of an inch. In addition, we inspected the bushings on the radius
> arm,  which controls the fore and aft motion of the axel (the Panhard
> controls the side to side motion),  and everything else. All are solid.
>   Eventhough the radius arm bolts sticking out into the wheels are not
> rubbing the tires, I will cut of the heads of the bolts and glue a
> plastic/rubber cap over them.  The only rubbing is the edge of the dogleg
> on the right hand side, so I will be careful not to make hard left turns
> until I discuss rolling the edge of the dogleg with a body repair expert.
> There are a few items that need touching up and paint on the body 30 years
> after the on frame restoration.
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> In addition, I was questioning the tire pressure and asked long stone
> tyres in the U.K. where I bought the tires   there response: In terms of
> pressure, I think you are in the ball park with 30psi, I would have no
> problem with you going up a bit from there but wouldn’t recommend any more
> than 36-38.
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> Regarding the rubbing, It is an issue we come across from time to time as
> all these cars are virtually hand built and many have had work done over
> the years, I don’t know them well enough but is possible to adjust where
> the axle sits, ie move it slightly to the other side?
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> I found the right rear tire was actually only 28 psi so I will increase
> the pressure to 32 Psi on all wheels and drive the car for another hundred
> miles or more to see what happens.
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> Thanks to everyone for your comments.
>
>
>
> Bob Begani
>
> *From:* richard mayor <boyracer466 at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 20, 2020 11:32 AM
> *To:* Robert Begani <rfbegani at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Michelin 180/ R15 XAS tires Fill up the wheel
> well too much and rub on late 67 BJ8
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> The panhard bar is there to keep the rear axle centered  when cornering.
> Check your panhard bar bushings. I put the Michelin 180 XAS tires on my BT7
> last Spring and I drove it all summer with no rubbing. Even entered the All
> British Field Meet autocross at PIR in September. Drove the car really hard
> and took first place. No rubbing.
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