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Rear wheel query.

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Subject: Rear wheel query.
From: "James Carpenter" <jc_carpenter@softhome.net>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 00:32:49 -0000
Hi I was leading someone to my house in my Spit today because they didn't
know where it was. The sides of my tyres were muddy where I was playing
around in a gravel carpark;-)

Anyway when we got there we had this conversation
Do you have cheap tyres on the rear wheel.
: No
Are your wheels buckled then?
: Not that I am aware of!
Well when I was following you both your rear tyres were wobbling, forming
what looked like an "S" shape.
: Oh!

So after looking at the mud on the tyres we concluded it could not be an
irregular pattern of the mud.
I know that the car is happy at 50-60mph (for the tiny amount of time I am
able to go at that speed in Bristol).  Any more than happy on the 40 MPH
duel carriageway.  No vibration nothing.  The wheels are on tight.

I have judder taking up drive!
My rear spring is past it, it bottoms out going over sleeping policemen (no
Jokes, you may also know them as speed bumps).
When the car goes over nasty drain covers, the rear seems to shuffle around
for a bit like cartoon hippopotamus sitting on a milking stool!

I have that weird clonking sound when decelerating.

Is the diff loose or something, should I be prepared to rebush the rear
suspension this Christmas.  I think I will fit a new rear spring anyway.

Any insight into this puzzler.



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