I meant to send this to everyone.
James Nazarian
71 B Roadster
71 BGT
63 Buick 215
"Aerodynamics are for people who cannot build engines"
Enzo Ferrari
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> From: James Nazarian Jr <james.nazarian@colorado.edu>
> To: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Shimmy
> Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 12:54 AM
>
> couple things from experience. Have the tire shop check wheels for
> round/true my shop was nice enough to mount tires that they sold me on my
> rims and sold me road hazzard protection (lifetime flat fix, balance,
> rotation) well on the first balence they were nice enough to tell me my
> rostyles weren't true and they couldn't balance them due to that. a B
will
> just barely fit a modern alignment machine, and they will most likely
have
> to switch the disk the software runs on, so they may not do it when they
> are busy. as far as I know, there is no possible rear alignment on a
live
> axle suspension. I have a shudder from 63 to 72 (3500 to 4000) then it
> goes away. I attribute this to the lack of true of my wheels and the
fact
> that my frame (body) isn't quiet straight. I crashed the car once due to
> loss of LF tire at 55mph and the front is shifted over 1/4 inch. this
was
> just enough to make the seam between drivers door and front fender chip
the
> paint when opened. I would start with align, balence, and a check for
> true. if you don't know the condition of the bushings in the front end
you
> should check, since if they are shot, they will not hold an alignment.
> Good Luck.
>
> James Nazarian
> 71 B Roadster
> 71 BGT
> 63 Buick 215
>
> "Aerodynamics are for people who cannot build engines"
> Enzo Ferrari
>
> ----------
> > From: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>
> > To: mgs@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Shimmy
> > Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 9:10 PM
> >
> > Hi, I know there have been several threads over
> > front-end vibrations in the past few months, but I did
> > not see one that really discussed diagnosing the
> > problem. My 76 B Tourer has a really bad 'shake'
> > beginning at 55 mph - it goes at least to 60 mph,
> > which is as fast as I want to go with the front-end
> > shaking as it does.... So, my thoughts for fixing this
> > are as follows -
> >
> > 1) Have front tires balanced, test drive... If no
> > improvement, then....
> >
> > 2) Have front-end aligned, test drive... If no
> > improvement, what should be my next step?
> >
> > Should I also have my rear tires balanced at the same
> > time as the fronts? Can a 'regular' alignment be done
> > on the MGB, at a 'regular' shop? How about a 4-wheel
> > alignment, or is this really only for more modern cars
> > that have some adjustment in the rear?
> >
> > While I rarely drive over 55 mph (turning about 3,000
> > rpm and pretty noisy!) I don't like the idea of
> > something lurking in the front-end of my car.
> >
> > TIA!
> >
> >
> > =====
> > Dan D
> > Dayton, NJ
> > 76 MGB Tourer
> >
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