With his usual assumed smileys, W. Ray Gibbons wrote:
>>The company engineers solved this by installing 165x14 tires on the
>> driver's side, and 155x14 tires on the passenger side. Apparently,
>> someone cris-crossed yours. [...]
To which someone innocently responded:
> I don't think that the spider gears in the differential will last
>very long if you mix up the tire size on the rear end. Also I think that it
>would be very difficult to align the front end with different size tires up
>front.
> Mixing tire sizes on the same axle (front or rear) is never a
>good idea, and should only be done if you have no other choice, and then
>only for as short a time as possable.
HELLO ?? IS ANYBODY HOME ??? HEY, GUYS AND GIRLS, WHEN YOU SEE A POST
SIGNED BY "W. Ray Gibbons", YOU MAY SAFELY ASSUME THAT HE IS TALKING OUT OF
HIS, ... WELL, LET'S JUST SAY THAT HE'S NOT PRONE TO USE THE "SMILEY"
CHARACTER.
Yeah, yeah, I know we had all the banter about whether we should be serious
in our discussions here, but REALLY! You may need to carefully consider
the "tone" of a discussion before jumping right in. Heh, *especially* if
the discussion includes Ray G., or Christopher Ball, or any of many other
twisted minds who have infiltrated our sacred ranks.
-Lee "OK, now I'll go back to my sullen disposition" Daniels
Lee M. Daniels Laboratory for Molecular Structure and Bonding Texas A&M
daniels@tamu.edu (409) 845-3726 Fax (409) 845-9351
'74 TR6 '77 MGB
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