David -
I only had scuttle shake for about 2 weeks on my BJ8 (out of 20 years of
ownership) when my shocks went bad. Otherwise, I've never had freeway shake
on my BJ8 or BN1... althought I've had scuttle shake from time to time on my
BJ8 when I hit a bad pot hole... and the scuttle makes alot of noise for
about a second. That being said, the vibratory shake on the freeway? Don't
have it.
Cheers
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
On 2/4/06, davidwjones <davidwjones@cox.net> wrote:
>
> I'm always amazed when we get one of these outbreaks of scuttle shake
> discussions, and the lengths to which so many people have to go to
> eliminate
> it.
> The first ten years that I owned and drove my BT7, it wore various worn
> and
> mismatched tires, old used wire wheels, two of which stripped and were
> replaced by other used wheels, totally worn out lever shocks, cracked and
> sometimes missing front end bushes, and god knows how long it had been
> since a
> front end rebuild, and rear drums that I had never touched. -Anytime a
> wheel
> or tire was replaced it was simply static balanced. ---and in all of that
> time, if there was any shake or shimmy, it was very mild, and only
> occurred
> over 80-85 mph.
> Since then, everything is new. Completely rebuilt restored front end, all
> new
> tires and wheels, new drums (not balanced), and rebuilt restored shocks.
> Michelin tall profile tires, bought from Hendrix, but mounted and static
> balanced locally. -Naturally the car rides and handles better, -but even
> with
> all of the new gear, with no special measures taken, ---no shake up
> through 80
> mph.
> The only other pertinent point I can think of is that while I did have to
> replace one outrigger for a small hole, and the sills on one side and
> rockers,
> the frame itself was extremely straight and solid.
> If scuttle shake were inherent in the design of the car, unless special
> measures were taken, -I would think that I'd have had it. Even if I were
> lucky, I would expect that some of the combinations I've had on the car
> would
> have produced shake...
> It makes me wonder what percentage of these cars seem to exhibit this
> sensitivity to factors which can cause scuttle shake. -It would appear
> that
> not all of them are prone to it.
> Dave Jones.
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