Re: alfa-digest V7 #94; Tire Vibration

[lbb <lbb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> In alfa-digest Vol 07 : Number 094 "Colin Verrilli" <verrilli@domain.elided> wrote:
>
> RBoniface@domain.elided writes:
> > If the car is parked overnight in a cool garage
> > it is almost sure to vibrate on the way to work in the morning.  Drive it home
> > after a day parked in a hot parking lot and it probably won't.
> Same here.
>
> > When attempting
> > to have the wheels stroboscopically balanced on the car the mechanic said the
> > wheels were moving all over the place.  When removed from the car and placed
> > on the balancer they were fine.  I wish someone would figure this one out!
> Same here, but only with one of the wheels (LR). He spent about 25 minutes
> on one wheel and couldn't get it right. And this is a guy who has been doing
> on-car balancing for years (it's an art). He didn't see anything wrong with
> the wheel either.
> After this, I replaced the rear shocks thinking that it might be a strange
> failure there, but no luck.
>

If you have steel belted radials and the car is left sitting for a time in the
cold the belts develope flat spots that should smooth out after the tires
are warmed.

If the car were parked in a warm place this wouldn't happen which could
explain why it doesn't do it when left in the sun all day.

Larry Bowden
lbb@domain.elided
78 Spider

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