[Healeys] Fwd: Tires

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From: scotyp at comcast.net
To: "Greg Wilkinson" <gregwilkinson at roadrunner.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 9:31:07 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Tires




Hi Greg,



I thought about fooling with the alignment also but my old rearB tires showed
no unusual wear on them. Also, Since the axle is one solid piece across
wouldn't moving one side aft move the other side forward? The clearance was
fine on the other side. Not sure about that one!



Scot



----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Wilkinson" <gregwilkinson at roadrunner.com>
To: "Healey List" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 8:08:15 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Tires

Hi Scot,
I'd be more inclined to think your rear axle isn't aligned properly.

-----Original Message-----
A few months ago I ordered some 185/15's from Vredestein and had some issues
with theB right rear wheel well only, the other 3 were OK..B The tire was
contacting the forward mostB point in the wheel well on the fender.B

It would rub justB B enough to slow the tire down with a good handB spin
...obviously unacceptable. Thought about trying to move the fender by
various
means but decided would be cheaper to just return them to

BWW and get the Vred 185/70R15's. I was quite disappointed as I loved the
way
the 185/15's looked in the wells. I was running Michelin 185/70R15's before.

My car had a partial off the body restoration in the late 80's and I'm
wondering if that fender was even put backB on correctly.B The door gaps all
seem correct. Since these cars all had the fenders put on by hand at the
factory,B I would be interested to know if others have had this problem with
these tires in that spot. Anyone know what the tolerance range was for the
rear fender placement?
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