Jim Cathey wrote:
the steering wheel is about 5 degrees off level now
(was level before I started).
That's easy DIY, maybe 1/8 turn on both sides (appropriately)
will keep the alignment the same yet re-center the wheel.
Did the part that was changed affect one wheel's steering position?
Then
Get it aligned, it's not possible to get it right without an alignment rack.
Note that the toe/in out can be way off and it will still drive straight, but
be overly sensitive to side winds, etc.
I always match the tie rods from the center marks of the ball (on the back
side) rather than
On Sat, 15 May 2010 17:39:30 -0400 John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net
wrote:
The craftsman sockets are still warranted too... though I like how all
of the older style metrics had a ring of vertical lines on them so
your fingers can tell it's metric...
The ones made in the late '60s do not
Have no fear using a 15/16 socket, or a 1 1/16 snears deep socket for
your injector nozzle holders. I have used Inch sockets and wrenches
for sizes over 19mm for decades. With the older cars, 10mm and 5
and 6mm allen wrenches are the only things you really need if you
have a good selection
Just go with what's priced right at the time, and what has a waranty that
doesn't care about the cheater bar :)
Walt
On May 15, 2010 8:17 PM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
Laser etched sockets are nice BTW, I like being able to see the size from a
distance.
How 'bout a distance of
It will get aligned. I'm not sure that it was right before the work, and is
most likely different now from what is was before. The tires are getting
thin, and one has a non-leaking screw in the center of the tread. It'll get
new tires after the alignment.
The only remaining question is where it
I'd add and a non-catastrophic failure mode; it's ok to split (slowly)
at excessive torque, but shattering is bad, since it's sudden and you
can go flying...
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On May 16, 2010, at 14:18, Walt Zarnoch
I forgot to mention they seem quite resistant to rust...
Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 17:20:59 -0700
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Do you have more than one dealer nearby? If so, check both for prices -
sometimes another dealer will have dramatically different prices - one of
our dealers (we have 2) that really are competitive. They changed the diff
fluid for me and charged $25 - plus they washed the car when done ;-)
On Sun, 16 May 2010 13:49:59 -0500 OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
It'll get new tires after the alignment.
I have heard that the change from old to new tires can affect the
alignment and that it's best to get an alignment right AFTER you get
new tires.
Craig
I found an extremely good independent shop that did my 300D. It cost
close to $100 with the tax, etc added in. I would think Okie City
has a good shop that can do MBs. The one I found does MBs
frequently, and knew the 124 well. I think it was the best alignment
I have had on an MB in the
The nearest Dealer is 120 miles away, but a visit there would be followed by
a visit to Kaleb and other friends in the area, so it wouldn't be a single
purpose trip.
The only good indie frame/alignment shop that I knew of closed, so it's into
the phone book to try and find another one.
On Sun,
I usually do that because I neglect to get the alignment before the tires,
but have never planned it that way! However, if the car is in the air for
the alignment, I don't see how tires would make a difference.
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Craig McCluskey diese...@pisquared.netwrote:
On
On Sun, 16 May 2010 18:03:52 -0500 OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
I have heard that the change from old to new tires can affect the
alignment and that it's best to get an alignment right AFTER you get
new tires.
I usually do that because I neglect to get the alignment before the
tires,
OK Don wrote:
I usually do that because I neglect to get the alignment before the tires,
but have never planned it that way! However, if the car is in the air for
the alignment, I don't see how tires would make a difference.
You cannot align a car unless the car's weight is on the wheels.
I know we have a chain here, Robertson Tire, that supposedly one of
their stores in tulsa has the spreader bar.
OK Don wrote:
It will get aligned. I'm not sure that it was right before the work, and is
most likely different now from what is was before. The tires are getting
thin, and one has a
I would think you would get it done at the same time. They put the new
tires on, then align before you leave.
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Sun, 16 May 2010 13:49:59 -0500 OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
It'll get new tires after the alignment.
I have heard that the change from old to
yea, come on by for a visit. I think the aussies will be here pretty
soon, you will have to come up for that.
OK Don wrote:
The nearest Dealer is 120 miles away, but a visit there would be followed by
a visit to Kaleb and other friends in the area, so it wouldn't be a single
purpose trip.
The Aussies are coming here after they leave you ---
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
yea, come on by for a visit. I think the aussies will be here pretty soon,
you will have to come up for that.
OK Don wrote:
The nearest Dealer is 120 miles
oh ok, I see. I was not sure which way they were going. When are they
supposed to be here?
OK Don wrote:
The Aussies are coming here after they leave you ---
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Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK
95 E300, 94 S500, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic,
91 350SDL, 91 300D, 89 560SEL, 87
They scheduled leaving Claremore June 18th. or 19th. --- so I asume they're
arriving there the 16th. or 17th.
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
oh ok, I see. I was not sure which way they were going. When are they
supposed to be here?
OK Don
Oh OK, thats good. I was thinking it was this week for some reason.
Maybe we will have to have a OkieQ or something Regina will be in a C
collar so I dont think she would want to though. I guess I would have
to do all the work!!
OK Don wrote:
They scheduled leaving Claremore June 18th. or
Hey OK Don, did you know we had a WWII sub on display up here? I
didnt. Its over in Muskogee, we went there today. Its pretty cool.
That would be a good place to tour on an OkieQ.
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95 E300, 94 S500, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic,
91 350SDL, 91 300D,
Yes but the craftsman laser etched sockets have the size stamped as well.
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On May 16, 2010, at 5:04 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
I forgot to mention they seem quite resistant to rust...
Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 17:20:59 -0700
From: Jim Cathey
Ouch - what ahppened to her? We could help (cooking and the such) should you
plan it then.
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
Oh OK, thats good. I was thinking it was this week for some reason. Maybe
we will have to have a OkieQ or something Regina
I'd forgotten about it, but yes - I saw it years ago. My second boss spent
WWII in one of those. There's a lot of cool stuff in Okie land.
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
Hey OK Don, did you know we had a WWII sub on display up here? I didnt.
Its
On Sun, 16 May 2010 19:15:19 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin
ka...@striplin.net wrote:
Regina will be in a C collar so I dont think she would want to though.
What is she in a C collar for?!
I guess I would have to do all the work!!
I have been in the situation where Shirley wasn't up to guests,
On Sun, 16 May 2010 19:19:29 -0400 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Alignment mechanics are pretty fussy about tire pressure, but it seems
like the tires wouldn't matter a lot as long as the machine reads off
the rim and not off the turntables the tires are sitting on.
How could the tire
I usually do that because I neglect to get the alignment before the
tires,
but have never planned it that way! However, if the car is in the air for
the alignment, I don't see how tires would make a difference...
Since alignments are done with the car on it's wheels, I suspect you
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Sun, 16 May 2010 19:15:19 -0500 Kaleb C. Striplin
ka...@striplin.net wrote:
Regina will be in a C collar so I dont think she would want to though.
What is she in a C collar for?!
I think she mentioned on the other list a while back that she was going to have
The car must be standing on the tires in driving position for the
suspension to be aligned -- the wheels move in complex ways as they
go up and down, and to track true, they must be in driving position.
Tires can do strange things, but won't change the alignment, or
indeed affect it at
.RLE: Real life data for me, 39 years of driving diesel cars with
mechanical injection, primarily Mercedes Benz. Utterly reliable. Hundreds of
thousands of miles, maybe approaching a million of
reliable service. That is real life data
So then, all of the hundreds (perhaps
she is having some sort of spine surgery
OK Don wrote:
Ouch - what ahppened to her? We could help (cooking and the such) should you
plan it then.
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
Oh OK, thats good. I was thinking it was this week for some reason.
Umm how about unevenness of wear on the tires? I'd think that a
feathered edge on a tire would make it want to lean out...
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On May 16, 2010, at 21:31, Craig McCluskey diese...@pisquared.net
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