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I have Dayton wire wheels on my TR6. I had the wheels serviced =
by New England Wheel Specialty Co. about 3 years back. After many years =
of use the wheels were true and did not require any adjustment. On the =
advice of the owner I got new tiers from Tire Rack and had them =
delivered to, and mounted by, New England Wheel Specialty. I then had a =
persistent shimmy. I got the wheels rebalanced a couple of times and =
finally one tech told me that one tire was out of round. One thing that =
did help was using the old fashion rim weighs in place if adhesive =
weights used on the inside of the rim. After a couple of thousand miles =
on the new tires the shimmy has become almost imperceptible.
Fast forward to this summer. I needed a new set of tires for =
my truck and my go mechanic suggested that I get them from Tire Rack. My =
mechanic mounted them and when I got them home notice that the raised =
lettering was defective on 2 of the tires. That did it for me. I will =
now only buy tires and other hard to return items form local dealers. =
In both of these cases, if the tires were bought locally, I could have =
easily returned them and had them replaced. I know that getting period =
correct tires locally is almost impossible, but for me, I=E2=80=99m =
stricken local even if I have to give up a little originality.
BTW, Moss sells an adapter set to balance wire wheels on modern =
balancing machines, but the cost is north of $400.00-sometimes close =
enough is good enough.=20
Best,
Bob
=E2=80=9972 TR6
> On Oct 14, 2020, at 6:34 PM, Geo Hahn <ahwahneetr@gmail.com> wrote:
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> As an alternative -- I installed these in my E-Type wires a year ago =
and have driven about 7,000 miles with them:
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> =
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06W2N5MTW/ref=3Dppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin=
_title?ie=3DUTF8&psc=3D1 =
<https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06W2N5MTW/ref=3Dppx_yo_dt_b_search_asi=
n_title?ie=3DUTF8&psc=3D1>
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> <image.png>
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> Wheels are tubeless Dayton wires and the beads were installed well =
after the tires were mounted (dumped in through the valve stem).
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> I did this when I had a niggling vibration in the steering wheel that =
I couldn't seem to get rid of - these resolved that.
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> Geo
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><font=
size=3D"4" class=3D""><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" =
style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>I have Dayton wire wheels on my =
TR6. I had the wheels serviced by New England Wheel Specialty Co. =
about 3 years back. After many years of use the wheels were =
true and did not require any adjustment. On the advice of the =
owner I got new tiers from Tire Rack and had them delivered to, and =
mounted by, New England Wheel Specialty. I then had a persistent =
shimmy. I got the wheels rebalanced a couple of times and finally =
one tech told me that one tire was out of round. One thing that =
did help was using the old fashion rim weighs in place if adhesive =
weights used on the inside of the rim. After a couple of thousand =
miles on the new tires the shimmy has become =
almost imperceptible.</font><div class=3D""><font size=3D"4" =
class=3D""><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> =
</span> Fast forward to this summer. I needed a new set of =
tires for my truck and my go mechanic suggested that I get them from =
Tire Rack. My mechanic mounted them and when I got them home notice =
that the raised lettering was defective on 2 of the tires. That did it =
for me. I will now only buy tires and other hard to return items =
form local dealers. In both of these cases, if the tires were =
bought locally, I could have easily returned them and had =
them replaced. I know that getting period correct =
tires locally is almost impossible, but for me, =
I=E2=80=99m stricken local even if I have to give up a little =
originality.</font></div><div class=3D""><font size=3D"4" class=3D""><span=
class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>BTW, Moss =
sells an adapter set to balance wire wheels on =
modern balancing machines, but the cost is north of =
$400.00-sometimes close enough is good =
enough. </font></div><div class=3D""><font size=3D"4" =
class=3D""><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> =
</span>Best,</font></div><div class=3D""><font size=3D"4" class=3D""><span=
class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> =
</span>Bob</font></div><div class=3D""><font size=3D"4" class=3D""><span =
class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>=E2=80=9972=
TR6<br class=3D""></font><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D""><font size=3D"4" class=3D"">On Oct 14, 2020, at 6:34 PM, Geo =
Hahn <<a href=3D"mailto:ahwahneetr@gmail.com"; =
class=3D"">ahwahneetr@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</font></div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D""><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div class=3D"">As an alternative =
-- I installed these in my E-Type wires a year ago and have driven about =
7,000 miles with them:</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D""><a =
href=3D"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06W2N5MTW/ref=3Dppx_yo_dt_b_sea=
rch_asin_title?ie=3DUTF8&psc=3D1" =
class=3D"">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06W2N5MTW/ref=3Dppx_yo_dt_b_=
search_asin_title?ie=3DUTF8&psc=3D1</a></div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><span =
id=3D"cid:ii_kg9yxd0p0"><image.png></span><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Wheels are tubeless =
Dayton wires and the beads were installed well after the tires were =
mounted (dumped in through the valve stem).</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I did this when I had a niggling =
vibration in the steering wheel that I couldn't seem to get rid of - =
these resolved that.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">Geo</div><div class=3D""> </div></div></div>
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