Re: [FWDLK] balance..looks like its the wheels, tires, maybe the new U joint

[David Homstad <dhomstad@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had a warped wheel once on my 65 Dodge Coronet 500. One of a set of 4
chrome reverse. A tire/wheel shop bent it straight with a heavy press. This
sort of equipment may not be available much these days, but it wouldn't hurt
to check around.

My guess is that wagon wheels were just a wider heavier wheel that was
standard on a heavier car, like a Chrysler or DeSoto.

U-joints should have zero play.

Dave Homstad

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Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 1:17 PM
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Subject: Re: [FWDLK] balance..looks like its the wheels, tires, maybe the
new U joint

Hi all,

Just got back from the tire shop.  All four wheels have some side -to -side
runout problems.
Warped/bent.  The tires also wobble. Not a LOT of out of round problems, but
some.
Two of the tires are very noticably wobbling on the balancer... looks like
3/8" or so.
We put the best 2 up front. Everything is balanced fine, but it seems like
this wobbling
is the culprit.  In the past, have seen tires move side-side a lot on
balancers and noticed
no major drivability problems, but in this case I think thats the problem.
With the wheels
switched around, at very low speeds (10mph) I can feel the whole car sorta
wobble.

Maybe the guy I spoke to about the Cokers being junky was right  Does anyone
have experience
with the Silvertown radials?

Also, the new rear U-joint has a bit of up and down play (on both axis)
..maybe  1/16" or a
little more...is that acceptable?

Anyone know where I can get a good set of '57-59ish station wagon wheels
(they are a lil wider).

Thanks,
Lou

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