I took the tiger out the other day, its been too long. A guy at work wanted
to check it out, so we went for a spin. I eventually pulled off in a dusty
dirt area and let him drive. At the time when I was switching sides, I
noticed that the passenger rear tire had a big rub mark on it, which was
really evident by the dust everywhere else. I didn't see any evidence of it
on the drivers side.
The guy from work was a big guy, and I'm not exactly a lightweight either. So
not sure if that was one of those one time weird things of two big guys
bottoming out the suspension when I left the pavement, or if I truly have a
problem.
The car is running 185/70R13 on stock rims. I measured the clearance from
the ground to the fender, and the center of the axle, of course I forgot to
write it down, so I will have to go out and remeasure at some point.
Basically I am trying to figure out, are the tires I am running a bit
optimistic on height/width, or is my suspension starting to sag. There is a
shop locally that does big business re-arching springs for classic cars so not
sure if its time to go see them, but even if I do, not sure the would have the
specs on what the springs should look like.
Also the tires still have plenty of tread on them, but I know they are
probably getting old enough that they need to be replaced anyway. So I will
be trying to decide on a replacement tire, or the possibility of wheel/tire
upgrade. But in the mean time, I'd rather not loose a tire though because of
sidewall failure, as I believe my spare is original 1965 issue
Anyone have any experience in that tire size, or the measurement I can use to
check my suspension?
Thanks,
Steve
_______________________________________________
tigers@autox.team.net
Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
Unsubscribe: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/mharc@autox.team.net
|