----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Bauer" <tomb@carr.org>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] M35 Shimmy
>
> front wheel shimmy is almost always from something wrong......like air
> pressure, tire wear, tire balance, etc or loose or worn suspension
> components. it is not normal.
>
> in regards to moving rear tires around........it is not advisable. rear
> tires should be in sets by circumference and the two sets on the front
> rear axle should average the set on the rear rear axle so that the
> interconnect drive shaft has little or no load going straight. this will
> give you the best tire wear.
>
As a Stalwart owner tyre matching is a well known and essential facet of
ownership.
However, whilst it can be seen that a mismatch on a dual rear axle set-up will
have the axles fighting each other and slip must occur, the case of dual wheels
is often overlooked.
A pair of mis-matched tyres on a dual wheel axle is just the same, one or both
have to slip as they try to go different distances in one revolution, its not
immediately obvious and the penny only dropped here seeing an illustrated
American WWII military tyre care chart re-printed in the MVT "Windscreen" some
months ago.
Richard
Southampton - England
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