RE: [DML] tire rubbing? and relief

["Cameron, Peter" <cameron@xxxxxxx>]

good news on this one. when it got it up on the ramps i saw that the fender stay (partno 37 in the 'body/fender' portion of the parts manual) had come loose from the fiberglass body pan. I put it back more securely than it had originally been (reinforced the fiberglass with some epoxy first) and now all is well. The position shift in the fender due to the stay being loose was enough to create the interference with the tire at one specific wheel position, just enough to rub and be disconcertingly noisy, but not enough to do any damage. To have an easy fix was a big relief.

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Andrew Prentis 
	Sent: Mon 9/26/2005 8:16 AM 
	To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
	Cc: 
	Subject: Re: [DML] tire rubbing?
	
	

	Peter,
	Check your Lower control arms!
	I had a similar thing happen to me last year and what
	it was was a 2 inch crack in the lower control arm
	which caused the tyre to rub on the fender.The control
	arms are of a pretty woeful construction and I found
	that the other arm was badly rusted and about too
	break aswell.
	But don't drive the car until you've located the
	problem.Something is definately amiss
	
	Andrew
	VIN 2883
	Sydney
	
	--- "Cameron, Peter" <cameron@xxxxxxx> wrote:
	
	> I'm having a problem that concerns me quite a bit.
	> Every now and then for the past few months when
	> turning to the left while going over a bump I would
	> hear a brief scraping sound. Last night while
	> parking I had to muscle the steering wheel quite a
	> bit while not moving to fit into a tight spot. When
	> I left that spot a few hours later I noticed that
	> the scraping sound was much more prominent,
	> happening only at one particular orientation of the
	> front wheels. Got out and took a look, and I see
	> that my right front tire is rubbing the front of the
	> fender well, when wheel is turned to that
	> orientation! Doesn't rub during normal
	> straight-ahead driving, but most noticeable when
	> turning slightly left. This can't be good.
	> Thinking of the recent thread on this list on
	> tie-rod ends and the statement there that the
	> steering  gear is under the greatest stress during
	> the specific maneuver I did while parking, it makes
	> me think something deformed. Car handled fine for
	> the 60 mile ride back home (tho I was a bit
	> nervous), no change from the usual, which I have
	> always been very happy with. But can't reconcile
	> this with the fact that the front of my tire now
	> scrapes the wheel well. I'm about to go out and put
	> it up on the ramps to take a look. Any suggestions
	> on where to look, where such a deformation might be
	> localized?
	> 
	> Peter Cameron
	> 
	>
	>
	> [Non-text portions of this message have been
	> removed]
	>
	>
	>
	>
	>
	> To address comments privately to the moderating
	> team, please address:
	> moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx
	>
	> For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for
	> sale see www.dmcnews.com
	>
	> To search the archives or view files, log in at
	> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews
	> Yahoo! Groups Links
	>
	>
	>     dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
	>
	> 
	>
	>
	>
	
	
	__________________________________________________
	Do You Yahoo!?
	Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
	http://mail.yahoo.com
	
	
	
	
	To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address:
	moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx
	
	For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com
	
	To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews
	Yahoo! Groups Links
	
	
	
	
	
	
	



To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address:
moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx

For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com

To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews 
Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/