Date:         Wed, 18 Nov 1998 09:21:35 -0500
Reply-To:     Robert Rountree <rountree@PLANETEER.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Rountree <rountree@PLANETEER.COM>
Subject:      Re: Tire Vs Front End problem
Comments: To: Vanagon Mailing Lis <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
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Here's a suggestion.... Rotate your tires and see if that tire still gets
worst.... My bet... it's the tire... tires come apart inside (very
common)... they can make some weird noises at different speeds, jump around
at different speeds..... even wobble the whole machine... sometimes they get
people, looking all over the place for, bad CV's, wheel bearings, alignment,
brake drums/rotors.... and all along it's just another bad tire....if anyone
thinks they might have this problem... here's the easy test....jack it up
and spin the tire... watching very closely for ANY side to side or up & down
movement in the tire's outside shape...the better tire companies will give
you a refund or credit towards a replacement (and they do this a lot)...

Rob
87 Westy SyncroGL.....Cynosure (slip&drip)

rountree@planeteer.com

>EMZ wrote:
>
>    Some of this is normal, depending on how many miles it takes,
> and maybe the lack of rotating your tires.

> On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, davidb wrote:

>>  The left front tire on my 84 Suitcase on Steroids has been cupping on
>>  the outside.  .......snip
>>  The cupping is on the outside edge includes flat spots through tread, as
>> > though there is a bad shock.  Shocks are all new KYB's....snip...>> >
Have had the front aligned at leas 1/2 dozen times by three
different.........
>> > I am open to suggestions.