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Re: Wheel wobble

To: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@gte.net>
Subject: Re: Wheel wobble
From: "Andrew Dixon" <adixon@loudoun.com>
Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 17:24:56 -0400
Cc: "Triumphs Mail List" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>, "Spitfire Mail List" <spitfires@Autox.Team.Net>
Joe,
Sorry, came in to a Spit Door last night but it's passenger side. Just went 
out into the garage to check. Anyone else need a good door for a spit? 
Complete with glass.
Andy

On 05/01/98 01:33 PM Joe Curry said...
>
>Well, today I took the time to explore the above referenced problem. 
>Examination proved nothing, so I jacked up the rear and spun both rear
>wheels.  The right was wobbling badly and the left wan not.  I rotated
>the wheels left to right and repeated the test and behold, the wobble
>stayed with the right side.
>
>So I guess the wheel is indeed OK.  Thankfully, I have a spare set of
>axle assemblies and have begun cleaning one up and swapping them.
>
>Thanks for all the suggestions from the "crew".
>
>Now if I can only locate that allusive driver-side door, I'll have the
>Spit back on the road for the show.  
>
>Interesting sidebar...  Kirk Yonker suggested I call a lady named Ruth
>in British Columbia, so I did.  Although she did not have a door, she
>indicated that she was familiar with my story because somebody up there
>in BC had called her about it.  Thanks whoever it was!!!!
>
>She is contacting other people who have parted out early Spits up there,
>so perhaps all is not lost.  I'm crossing my fingers.
>
>Regards,
>Joe
>
>-- 
>"If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
>
> -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer

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