Re: d60a2 shake

["Sheffield Corey" <SHEF@omdc.gso.uri.edu>]

>>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....

Hi mark, et al,

        A point of interest that most of you probably already know. When I was
having my Dunlop Graspic S200Z's mounted last Autumn I noticed a bright red dot
on the sidewall and asked the "mounter" what that was about; I figured it was
just some inspection mark and was making conversation. The guy tells me that
the red dots are suppose to be positioned above the air nipple so the tire will
balance properly. My tires were balanced flawlessly; they where great all
Winter...not much snow, but they handled beter than my ol' Pirelli P500's. I've
since noticed quite a few new tires on cars where no attention was payed to
lining up the red dots and the air nipples. These guys will get my mounting
business in the future. So check your D60 A2's to see if the red dot(if still
visable) is directly over the air nipple...this may or may not help.


HTH,

Shef