Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:42:57 -0700
Reply-To: LarsP <olgreywoof@GMAIL.COM>
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From: LarsP <olgreywoof@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Shuddering after fixing coolant leak !?!? - solved
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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Just to keep focus -- sounded to me like the key thing he learned was “Date code on the tire was week 46 of 2004.” No need to look for coolant or a loose bolt to “cause” its demise. Time alone is causing mine.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:ericcaron96@comcast.net">Eric Caron</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, September 20, 2023 4:32 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com">vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: Shuddering after fixing coolant leak !?!? - solved</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Marcus, </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Thanks for the update. That is how I learn useful things. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Check back when the tires are on. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And, any idea how the CV bolts ended up loose? </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Eric Caron </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> On Sep 20, 2023, at 12:37 AM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal>> </p><p class=MsoNormal>> Cool,,, & I suppose could very well be coincidental but My guess</p><p class=MsoNormal>> </p><p class=MsoNormal>> would lean toward the loose CVJ bolts causing the tire to go bad & the</p><p class=MsoNormal>> </p><p class=MsoNormal>> tightening of the bolts caused the tire badness to become apparent ~</p><p class=MsoNormal>> </p><p class=MsoNormal>> Just My 1/2cent ~~ ORR~DeanB</p><p class=MsoNormal>> </p><p class=MsoNormal>> </p><p class=MsoNormal>> </p><p class=MsoNormal>>> On 19 Sep , 2023, at 9:16 PM, Markus Benne <mbenne@M-BASS.COM> wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> </p><p class=MsoNormal>>> The problem is solved. It appears that by some massive coincidence the tire did indeed go bad during the few days the van was offline while I was fixing the coolant leak. I would not have guessed that.</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> Date code on the tire was week 46 of 2004. Not good. New tires ordered.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html> |