Originally Posted by RodMoyes
Which is why they should A: be BOLTING each wheel to the balancer with a finger adapter, and B: make sure you have "Lug Centric" Lug nuts to make sure that the wheels center on the hub EXACTLY like it does on the balancer... Just having the wrong lug nuts and or a missing or ineffective hub centric ring can cause ALL OF YOUR ISSUES. Does your buddies $3,000.00 machine happen to have a finger adapter? 1 out of about 100 high end tire shops has a good selection of finger adapters and even fewer know how to use them... Just because it zero's out on a machine, doesn't mean it will zero out on the car. THIS IS WHY I ASK. Rod.
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im not really sure
did anyone else hear that driving over the recommended speeds on a donut ( the spare tire/wheel) will cause driveline problems especially if its on the opposite side of a larger outter diameter wheel like an 18 with 275s on it. Im theorizing that this would cause premature failure of the differential. Maybe that is what happend to your car, maybe not, if someone has actual facts about this please enlighten me. Thanks.
oh and if you friend has a frame lift put it on there and start your car and run it up through 3rd gear see if you have vibration/ and or hear the clunk...this is a good way to eliminate the tires from the equation. If you don't have vibration when car is off ground then it a suspension problem something is shifting or loose or both. if you have bad vibration when car is lifted than its a drivetrain or wheel problem. Next take off back wheels run car again and you can eliminate wheels from the equation. Have fun,let me know what you find. ( im betting you got a bad differential) |
Originally Posted by Goofyz
did anyone else hear that driving over the recommended speeds on a donut ( the spare tire/wheel) will cause driveline problems especially if its on the opposite side of a larger outter diameter wheel like an 18 with 275s on it. Im theorizing that this would cause premature failure of the differential. Maybe that is what happend to your car, maybe not, if someone has actual facts about this please enlighten me. Thanks.
oh and if you friend has a frame lift put it on there and start your car and run it up through 3rd gear see if you have vibration/ and or hear the clunk...this is a good way to eliminate the tires from the equation. If you don't have vibration when car is off ground then it a suspension problem something is shifting or loose or both. if you have bad vibration when car is lifted than its a drivetrain or wheel problem. Next take off back wheels run car again and you can eliminate wheels from the equation. Have fun,let me know what you find. ( im betting you got a bad differential) This potential damage is caused because one tire needs to complete more revolutions to cover the same distance... so you have one axle turning faster or slower that its counterpart. Again though, this is over an extended period of time. The same "damage" will happen to your diff if you just turn tight circles for a long period of time... the inside wheel will be turning far fewer revolutions that the outer... Understand? Now, as for lifting the car and running it through the gears to "Eliminate" a tire shake... You HAVE TO REMOVE THE WHEELS FROM THE CAR. An out of round or out of balance wheel/tire will STILL make the whole car shake even if it's off the ground. In fact, it will shake MORE. Rod. |
Hey Rod, thanks
for clearing that differnential question up for me, i think the tire combo of 275/35 r18 is the one with the worst differnce in overall diamiter but im not 100% sure on that, that was why i mentioned that as a possible problem. And hey, you never know if someone was dumb enough (previous owner) to run the spare on the back on a long trip at 70mph+ there is a good chance they would have stressed that differential beyond its engineering limits.
also if you read my last post one more time and pay particular attention to the last couple sentances you will realize i mentioned to take the back wheels off and run the car like that to eliminate the possible wheel problem. Restating what i already said doen't make you right and me wrong it just makes us agree. Have a pleasent day :) oh, what tires do you reccomend for the z32, im using Bf goodrich G-force t/a KDW-2s and i love em. |
Originally Posted by Goofyz
oh, what tires do you reccomend for the z32, im using Bf goodrich G-force t/a KDW-2s and i love em.
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