Re: d60a2 shake

[mma@Rt66.com (Mark Aaldering)]

On Wed, 2 Apr 1997 18:42:25 -0500 (EST), Dan Simoes wrote:

>Over the weekend, I swapped the Ronals from my 85 4kq
>to the 84, wearing BFG Comp TAs.  It was raining a lot,
>so I can't be sure, but I'm 99% sure that the shake I 
>was experiencing in the 84 (steering wheel moved up and
>down, glovebox rattled, etc) was gone.  
>
>The culprits are either my MSW rims, a few years old but round to
>the eye, or the tires, D60A2s (the newer JLB) which have
>less than 5k miles on them.  Could it be a balancing problem?
>They were just done not long ago.
>

Despite Consumer Reports story to the contrary, the Dunlop D60's suck!
I could never keep mine in balance, and ultimately they went out of
round. I took a leap of faith on advice from fellow listers (thanks
Eric..!) and recently moved to the Dunlop D40's when I picked up the
TSW Stealth wheels. So far they're fine....

- mark

Mark Aaldering
mma@rt66.com
Mark.Aaldering@abq.sc.philips.com