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And it’s not really clouding anything up Bill. You’ve been saying it right from the first reply.
It’s not exclusive to live front axles either, but certainly seems more prevalent. My first experience as many of you may remember me relating many times over the years, was with a ‘67 Buick Wildcat with a bad front tire.
Not a new phenomenon, but as tires got larger and larger and had more input into the dynamics, I’m sure that carried over to death wobble as well.
And even back then (this was in 1970) an old timer at a mechanic shop knew immediately what it was. Not sure how he narrowed it down to the individual tire because I don’t think he had enough time to rotate one side of the time and drive it, but he got it fixed and us back on the way quickly.
Hmm, I wonder if after all these years, I forgot, he simply replaced both front tires rather than just one.
That would explain a lot of things!
It’s not exclusive to live front axles either, but certainly seems more prevalent. My first experience as many of you may remember me relating many times over the years, was with a ‘67 Buick Wildcat with a bad front tire.
Not a new phenomenon, but as tires got larger and larger and had more input into the dynamics, I’m sure that carried over to death wobble as well.
And even back then (this was in 1970) an old timer at a mechanic shop knew immediately what it was. Not sure how he narrowed it down to the individual tire because I don’t think he had enough time to rotate one side of the time and drive it, but he got it fixed and us back on the way quickly.
Hmm, I wonder if after all these years, I forgot, he simply replaced both front tires rather than just one.
That would explain a lot of things!