>Background: I had a squeak in both front wheels, increased with >speed, kind of like having a sparrow flying at window height every >where I went. At the advice of listees, which I'll be honest I >considered a ludicrous waste of time, I rotated my wheels front to >back. The squeak has now moved to the back where the kids will have >to suffer with it. Fine with me. I still cannot fathom why tires >would ever squeak. My theory was that it was not the tires but the >mounting bolts working loose, and that removing a wheel and >re-tightening the lugs was the cure. I was wrong. It's either the >tires or the wheels, and either one of those possibilities is >astonishing, you know like "either we are alone in the universe or >we aren't." Bob, Is the squeak constant? Or only with the up-and-down movement (bumps, etc.)? Your diagnosis could be correct. The wheel's tapered lug seats or a single bolt/nut maybe deformed slightly, just enough to cause some movement between the wheel metal and the bolt/nut at speed even when tightened. (Any lugs look like they might be slightly bent?) The only way that I know of to check it properly is to use a spare rim/tire at the offending location. If this doesn't help, swap bolts/nuts side to side and see if the noise follows it. My only guess... Good luck, Dave -- Dave Carpenter Whatever you wish for me, May you have twice as much. "Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering." -- Arthur C. Clarke |
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