[MBZ] Hammie passes inspection

2008-11-15 Thread Curt Raymond
As always its handy to know a guy who knows a guy. So the car passed inspection, the state will be off my back for one year. I went out for a ride to celebrate. Took a short highway run and above 60mph I've got a pretty serious vibration. I can't tell where its coming from, some posibilities:

Re: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection

2008-11-15 Thread harry watkins
Congratulations on passing the inspection. Tires. Harry - Original Message - From: Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Diesel List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 4:38 PM Subject: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection As always its handy to know a guy who knows

Re: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection

2008-11-15 Thread Loren Faeth
tires (slipped belt) then driveshaft At 04:38 PM 11/15/2008, you wrote: As always its handy to know a guy who knows a guy. So the car passed inspection, the state will be off my back for one year. I went out for a ride to celebrate. Took a short highway run and above 60mph I've got a pretty

Re: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection

2008-11-15 Thread Allan Streib
Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I went out for a ride to celebrate. Took a short highway run and above 60mph I've got a pretty serious vibration. If it seems like a harmonic vibration e.g. occurs at certain speeds but not others it could be as simple as needing the tires properly

Re: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection

2008-11-15 Thread Loren Faeth
, November 15, 2008 5:38 PM Subject: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection As always its handy to know a guy who knows a guy. So the car passed inspection, the state will be off my back for one year. I went out for a ride to celebrate. Took a short highway run and above 60mph I've got a pretty serious

Re: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection

2008-11-15 Thread Mitch Haley
Easy thing to do, since you recently had the brakes off, is to put the front tires on the back and the back tires on the front. Did the vibration move with them? If not, are your front wheel bearings sloppy? You did torque the lugs down, didn't you? Mitch.

Re: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection

2008-11-15 Thread Fmiser
Curt wrote: So the car passed inspection, the state will be off my back for one year. I went out for a ride to celebrate. Took a short highway run and above 60mph I've got a pretty serious vibration. Bad tire Most likely is a bad tire. Drive on a smooth surface at about 5-10 MPH and feel

Re: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection

2008-11-15 Thread Curt Raymond
Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Date: Saturday, November 15, 2008, 6:08 PM PASSED or got the sticker? ;= Wilton - Original Message - From: Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection

2008-11-15 Thread Curt Raymond
Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Date: Saturday, November 15, 2008, 6:39 PM Easy thing to do, since you recently had the brakes off, is to put the front

Re: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection

2008-11-15 Thread Curt Raymond
them mounted. As much as I hate the place I should call Wal-Mart and see what they'd charge me to mount 'em. All the other tire places around here are closed on Sunday. -Curt --- On Sat, 11/15/08, Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hammie

Re: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection

2008-11-15 Thread Wonko the Sane
the car is safe but the State had backed me into a corner... -Curt --- On Sat, 11/15/08, Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection

2008-11-15 Thread Mitch Haley
Curt Raymond wrote: As much as I hate the place I should call Wal-Mart and see what they'd charge me to mount 'em. Believe it or not, they're the most reliable tire shop near me. They always run the nuts down with an underrated torque limiter on the burp gun, then hand torque, then go

Re: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection

2008-11-15 Thread Curt Raymond
] wrote: From: Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Date: Saturday, November 15, 2008, 5:54 PM Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I went out for a ride to celebrate. Took a short highway

Re: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection

2008-11-15 Thread Allan Streib
Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Had to read this one again before it occured to me. It is not harmonic, the vibration starts at

Re: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection

2008-11-15 Thread Curt Raymond
Interesting. I'll give 'em a try tomorrow maybe. One of our two local stores does tires. -Curt --- On Sat, 11/15/08, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes Discussion List mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection

2008-11-15 Thread harry watkins
15, 2008 7:57 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hammie passes inspection Heh, I think you're the first one to have gotten that part... As I told my wife I got a sticker to get the state off my back. I WILL make sure the car is safe but the State had backed me into a corner... -Curt --- On Sat, 11/15/08