Snow Packed Rims = Wobbly Wheel

[Ken Keith]

Speaking of donuts and deposits, I looked under my '88 5kcstq 
yesterday to look for my "rubbing/noise under hard acceleration" 
cause.  I found lots of mud from my mud-womping session a while 
back, and also from just driving in the mud like a normal person.

Anyway, I noticed my oil cooler was caked with mud on the back 
side of it.  This would be detrimental to the airflow of course, so I 
hosed it off.  I thought it would be good to mention that this is 
something to watch out for.  I guess snow isn't as much of a 
problem as mud, at least as far as in the longer term, since the 
snow will melt away eventually.  I can see where snow might be a 
problem for a long enough time to cause damage.

As for my vibration problem I found that not only were most of the 
six exhaust hangers I counted worn out, I only had the two bottom 
cat to cat-back pipe nuts and bolts, and they were loose.  I 
tightened the two fasteners, but didn't bother replacing the missing 
one yet.  It seemed to have fixed my rubbing problem.  I found no 
evidence of engine mount failure.  I didn't use the piece of paper 
clearance test as suggested by Phil, but I physically pressed my 
fingers at the rubber mounts, and didn't find any tears.  I suppose 
they could be collapsed and it would be hard to detect.  Engine 
mounts are on sale right now at TPC, I may pick up a pair for the 
4kstq project.  I can't remember if I already have some "in stock".

I want to get some chain-style exhaust hangers.  I saw a price of 
$8 each from Techtonics Tuning (http://www.tttuning.com).  Is this 
a good price?

Thanks,

Ken

"Rave Racer" <Ravewar at home.com> wrote:
>
>         Yes.  All the time.  Especially after doing donuts.
> 
> > heavy snow, but no.  As I walked out of the store I thought maybe the snow
> > packed in the mesh rims was causing the wheels to act unbalanced.  I
> cleaned
> > them all out with my finger and bingo, no wobble.  Anyone else ever
> > experienced this?
> 
> 
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