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Post by Zed on Feb 7, 2017 12:00:55 GMT
Shit steering has ben my only complaint with my bus. It had new tyres, the suspension and steering components checked and double checked, all settings within spec for camber and toe in. Settings at either end of the spec tried. Still too heavy and always steering a little towards the gutter but no odd tyre wear after 10,000+ miles.
Today I went through it all again at my chosen local village garage. All Bob on. I persisted in my view that that's all very well but it's still shite. The mechanic had a brain wave and checked each tyre date. One front was a few months out from the others. Swapped it with a rear and the difference is night and day. Light responsive steering as it should be. They are nice tyres, Michelin I think, but all tyres are clearly not equal even if you buy 4 at a time.
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Post by chad on Feb 7, 2017 12:30:48 GMT
This is very surprising - if they're all the same type of Michelin then either there was a change in spec during that time or it has been damaged or poorly made?
I could understand a Lotus been very sensitive to tyre spec but a T2?
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Post by Zed on Feb 7, 2017 17:50:46 GMT
This is very surprising - if they're all the same type of Michelin then either there was a change in spec during that time or it has been damaged or poorly made? I could understand a Lotus been very sensitive to tyre spec but a T2? It's gone from wrestling it down the road to guiding it as it floats along T2 style. Different compounds? Reinforcement? Different batches of stuff? He was hoping to find 3 made in Poland and one in China or similar but the dates were the only obvious difference and having seen them it would have been rude not to try. I wasn't expecting any difference though!
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Post by popegregoryxi on Feb 7, 2017 17:55:06 GMT
Nice one. I would never have thought of checking tyre dates! Must try and remember this if it ever crops up. đź‘Ť
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2017 17:59:31 GMT
How do you check a tyre date
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Post by Baz on Feb 7, 2017 18:04:46 GMT
Some people do suffer in the mornings it's called shakes
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Post by chad on Feb 7, 2017 18:08:21 GMT
How do you check a tyre date "The date your tyres were made will be on the sidewall in the form of four numbers usually preceded by the letters DOT. These numbers represent the week number and year, so 3410 will be week 34, 2010"
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Post by ozziedog on Feb 10, 2017 18:56:35 GMT
How do you check a tyre date
I`ve been to some very rum dooos, I`ve got some very rowdy mates, and I`ve lived all over the world and done all manor of `things`. But for one reason or another I don`t seem to have had a date with a Tyre or indeed had to check.
Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,,,,, I do hope we`re not talking about tyre-a-phillia here
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Post by ozziedog on Feb 10, 2017 19:01:25 GMT
Now, ladies with spare tyres are really not my `A` game, reeeally !! Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,It`s all about the face, no blubber, (song)
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Post by Zed on Mar 24, 2017 9:21:41 GMT
Turns out I must have been lucky with wind direction or something. By next day was back to shite steering and that's where I still am. Grr.
But. I've had a small oil leak since the build which I half-heartedly look for from time to time. As we know, with the cooling air blowing about it can be tricky to pin it down. It's got worse lately so...
Start with the easy stuff I always say so with Flakey's help I replaced some outboard oil pipes from the sandwich plate, refitted said plate and a new filter. Still leaks.
Next up, to narrow it down a bit, I removed sandwich plate and bagged it up still connected to it's thermostat and cooler and fitted the filter back as vw intended. I expected the leak to stop. I hoped it would anyway because that would mean the leak was easy to deal with outboard stuff. Still leaking.
Next up off with the fan for a check of the crank seal, view of oil pump and some other bits. All dry in that area so while I had a slightly better view sprayed brake cleaner from a mister to clean up then I ran it and looked more. Nothing.
Back on with the fan and more running. Once warmed up drip, drip every 10 seconds or so from.... The feckin oil cooler which was new. Bugger, fuck and bollocks!
This is a remove fan housing job. Remove fan housing is a drop at least the rear of the engine a foot or so. I can't do that in a hilly rocky car park so I'm going over to Rob's next week to replace the cooler with another new one. Fingers crossed I get a good one this time. It's pointless moaning to the supplier, it's been too long and who's to say I didn't damage it myself.
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Post by Zed on Mar 24, 2017 10:24:27 GMT
Right, I'm off to lie in the dirt and reconnect the outboard oil cooler circuit.
It could be worse, the sun is shining, tools ready in the van.
Having an old van at least you always have the cheap option to DIY.
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Post by rickyrooo1 on Mar 24, 2017 10:28:03 GMT
Sell up and get a skoda (it's the future)
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Post by Zed on Mar 24, 2017 10:44:43 GMT
Sell up and get a skoda (it's the future) Weeeeeelll, when push comes shove, taking into consideration ÂŁ10/week depreciation my second hand golf managed and equally conservative ÂŁ10/week appreciation for the bus, that alone pays for half my fuel so I'm already at 40mpg fuel costs. Then the tax is free, the insurance is cheap and it's as good as money in the bank for a rainy day. And it's small and cute and people talk to me every time I pull up somewhere. That didn't happen with the battered early, shiney, poptop, curtains is a camper and only campers get a response it seems.
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Post by rickyrooo1 on Mar 24, 2017 10:47:21 GMT
So I'll put you down as a maybe?
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Post by VW Toast on Mar 24, 2017 11:33:38 GMT
Sell up and get a skoda (it's the future) And it's small and cute Have you had the middle cut out?
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