Allen
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Yes, it is a little jewel, a diamond in the rough, a very unique little car. I found your post on valving. Interesting. I can see you're trying to learn as much as you possibly can. Good for you. Unga, bungaaa! The offer still stands.
Rear bounce and body wobble
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Yes, it is a little jewel, a diamond in the rough, a very unique little car. I found your post on valving. Interesting. I can see you're trying to learn as much as you possibly can. Good for you. Unga, bungaaa! The offer still stands.
putz
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The front radius rods appear to be designed upside down.
one finger john
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Gerry is a picture PROSTITUTE. High class. My friend Jim's front radius rods appear to be on correctly (straight rod on top) but he swears that they should be flipped and that will give the steering arms and connecting rod more room to move. will just have to wait for that one.
John
Differen T
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Too much air pressure will wear the center of the tread
Too little air pressure will wear the both outer edges of the tire
Excessive wear on one side of the tire is a camber problem inside wear too much camber, outside edge too little camber (wear in the rear indicates a possible bent housing)
If the wear is unequal from one side to the other and has a feathered edge on each row of the tread a toe problem is indicated (if the feathered edge is towards the outside of each tread it has too much toe out and vise versa)
As the complete left rear tire is not visible, nor is the right tire clearly shown and you have just acquired the car so the history of the tires is unknown, you need to check some other things other than air pressure.
Is the axle housing square with the direction of travel? Note I did not say square with the frame because it may not be square. If it is not square with the direction of travel the outside tread on one tire and the inside read of the other will be worn, There may also be some slight feathering of the tread which will be on the opposite on each tire.
After you are sure that the rear end is square to the direction of travel and the housing is not bent you will need to square the front axle to the rear axle, that is make the wheel base the same on both sides. Then set caster the same on both sides of the front axle. Finally set the front axle toe. Mabe Ted can supply the caster and toe settings.
Now it is possible that your steering wheel is not centered and this can be fixed by adjusting the steering arm.
Or if you are not comfortable with these settings locate a good alignment shop, one that has experience with your type of suspension. There are times when having a professional do the work is money well spent.
Al
Wow, that last post is intense. lol. The outside and inner of the tires are worn the same. The way i tried to figure out tire pressure was with water on the tread and see how much of the tire is contacting the ground like someone posted earlier. Maybe I need to up the pressure instead. The one problem with the pressure is none of my pressure gauges will show air int he tires. I dont know why either. I went out and bought a new gauge because I thought the one i had was broken but neither of them workd. Go to the front tires and they work fine. I dont know if them being really old bias plys (spelling) tires has anything to do with it. It seemed to ride alot better with less pressure so I wonder if now with the new shocks, adding pressure would help.
one finger john
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I believe that if the tires are wearing on the outside then they are under-inflated. The problem is that if it has been run that way for a while (cause under-inflated tires give a softer ride, also see why you replaced the rear shocks) thats just the way it is. Might want to think 'bout replacing the rear tires.Yup, just looked at them again - replace 'em. Also, maybe, because of the volume of air that has to be put into the tire, you might need a truck tire gauge. Are you using one of those quarter air machines? They don't put out enough volume to blow out a candle. If I am wrong, some one will correct me.
John
P.S. If you have toe in or toe out problems or camber problems with the rear end then you have real problems.
John
P.S. If you have toe in or toe out problems or camber problems with the rear end then you have real problems.
putz
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If tires have tube you will not see the flange holding the stem in.It looks like an O-ring just above the base.
Be careful cause my big tires have a tube and they also have a washer and nut on the valve stem.
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