[T3] ANOTHER slipped belt!

[Mike Fisher]

I've used my  mismatched 165 spare a couple times & up to 70 miles one day
from Mt Shasta to Redding, CA!
My big 4X4 truck tires I always try to get 70K or until I see cord
showing!

On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 8:24 AM, Daniel K. Du Vall <dduvall at 1peter4-10.org>
wrote:

> Factory alloy wheels and spin balanced with both side weights, done that
> since I picked it up in September of 98 before gm even had an advertisement
> for it  ;-) Havin gone to automotive school and work it for a while I am a
> shops worst nightmare as I tend to know what I am looking for and if they
> did it or not etc.. I can tell you the dealers that fixed things under
> warranty had their fill of me that's for sure.
>
> Daniel Du Vall
> http://1peter4-10.org
> http://volkswageninsanity.us
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:
> type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim Adney
> Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2015 10:03 AM
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] ANOTHER slipped belt!
>
> On 11 Jul 2015 at 11:42, Daniel K. Du Vall wrote:
>
> > Cupping on at least 4X4 Chevys seems a common problem this is a 1
> > owner (Being me) and I even had the front checked and verified the
> > alignment everything is as it should be.
>
> I had cupping troubles on the front tires of my '68 Type 3 many years ago,
> until I found a place that could spin balance them, adding weights to both
> the inside and outside edges of the rims. That fixed the problem. Since
> spin balancing (2 plane balancing) is the norm today, it seems unlikely
> that this could be your problem, but I hear that some people who buy fancy
> wheels don't want the balance weights visible on the outside, so insist on
> just inside weights. That ends up being not much better than the old style
> static balance.
>
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> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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