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Re: Wheel Woes

To: ksimp@cgrams.com (Keith Simpson)
Subject: Re: Wheel Woes
From: Orin Eman <orin@wolfenet.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 10:47:52 -0800 (PST)
Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
In-Reply-To: <34D9AB55.46C616FC@cgrams.com> from "Keith Simpson" at Feb 5, 98 07:06:45 am
Sender: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net


> I'm goin nuts.  I have a slight but maddening shimmy at 58-65
> mph.  I have had every wheel dynamically balanced.  I asked the
> guy who did it if he thought the wheel was damaged - "a little
> wuppee" quoth he.  I've spun the wheels on the axles in the air
> next to a fixed "rule" and they are not more than a 1/8th out, on

Max runout for the 5k with tires mounted at 36psi is 0.06".
At 1/8" you are over twice that.

What car BTW?  There are many other causes of shimmys on the 5ks at least.

Orin.

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