(Re:) ugh - part deux (tires) (no longer a rant)

[amalventano at sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

first, from david;
>  Have you considered sending the wheel to a repair shop?  I know a fella 
> here

actually, its been to wheelbendermender.com . when i bought the wheel(s) 
from ryan, one of them was literally egg-shaped. there was no choice but to 
send it out for repair. those guys did a superb job making the wheel round 
again (literally, i was shocked). only problem was there was an issue with 
the way that particular wheel center was machined, so even with a straight 
wheel rim, it still would spin with a 'wobble' to it (radially, no axially).

---

ok, now to the good news:

just returned from the tire place, where i got a spare kumho thrown on (i 
got a good deal on 4 of em, and the rieger only takes 2 of that size). didnt 
even get the wheel balanced (i use that weightless balance 
chopped-up-rubber-band stuff - but i am out of it, so right now its 
unbalanced). threw the wheel on a mock-up chopped off rear axle beam in the 
table vice in the garage. did some spinning, along with some fine machining 
of the hub mounting surface with the dremel. shimmed the opposite side when 
bolting the wheel back up, effectively changing the center mounting point 
for the wheel (by about 1mm). went for a test drive and the vibration i've 
had for the last year is now down to about 10% of what it was. its hardly 
noticable. im freggin happy as hell.

so for now i'll just hope that my other theory for the vibration is not 
true - i had a hunch the pass. cv is at its compressed limit, and that 
jacking up the car for short periods of time would allow the engine mounts 
to shift towards the driver side, meaning the vibration went away briefly 
(few days) until the engine settled again, bringing the pass half shaft back 
to its compressed limit and once again causing the vibration... we'll see on 
that one.

vibration free (for now)
Al

Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
87 Rieger Scirocco GTO 2.0 16v (daily driver, 200k, rocco #6)
86 Kamei Twin 16V Turbo Scirocco GTX (30% complete, rocco #7)
86.5 Occo 16v Trailer (rocco #8)
90 Passat GL 16V (the wifes new daily, 200k)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Utley" <mr.utility@highstream.net>
To: "Allyn" <amalventano@sc.rr.com>
Cc: "scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: ugh (tires) (rant)


> This may be more of an ordeal for you to go through, but I will offer it
> anyways...
>
> that works at one.  He has treated me right since day one.  They are 
> good--
> they have a body shop attatched that works on anything from Austin Healeys 
> to
> nearly new Porsches, and they also do the wheels from the cars already
> mentioned...  They have been in the wheel business for a dozen years, and 
> I
> have seen some choice work come out of their stalls...  If you are 
> interested,
> let me know and I will give you the contact details...
>
> HTH
>
> David Utley
>
> PS, they are near my work here in OKC, OK...
>
> Quoting Allyn <amalventano@sc.rr.com>:
>
>> so i pull off of the highway after the 'drive all over town to re-reg the
>> cars' fiasco, and notice something just doesnt feel right with the front
>> right on the rieger. pull off at a gas station real quick, inspect tire -
>> flat (ugh). as an added bonus, i can notice a slight bubble in the 
>> sidewall.
>>
>> i'm a half block from home, so i limp it there very slowly. jack up the
>> corner. put air in it to find the leak. put some more air. umm, wheres 
>> the
>> freakin leak. inflate to 40 psi. still no leak. go to let some air out 
>> and
>> voala, valve stem starts leaking. it has split right where it gets 
>> inserted
>> in the wheel, in a perfect way such that the centrifugal force from the
>> wheel spinning at highway speeds lets the air out.
>>
>> god im so sick of fucking with that right front wheel. its the one that 
>> was
>> bent originally, not to mention the hub center was machined improperly 
>> (2mm
>> offset from center). now its got a questionable tire and valve stem to 
>> boot.
>>
>> great.
>>
>>
>>
>> Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
>> 87 Rieger Scirocco GTO 2.0 16v (daily driver, 190k, rocco #6)
>> 86 Kamei Twin 16V Turbo Scirocco GTX (30% complete, rocco #7)
>> 86.5 Occo 16v Trailer (rocco #8)
>> 90 Passat GL 16V (the wifes new daily, 200k)
>>
>>
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