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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
engine to frame alignment
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<blockquote data-quote="timetraveller" data-source="post: 21070" data-attributes="member: 456"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Ah, if only everyone in the world of Vincents were as thorough as that. If when all other checks have proven that there are no faults then the following might be of interest. Years ago I used to drive a Range Rover which steered perfectly. Just before Xmas one year I had new tyres fitted and as I drove out of the tyre fitting shop it became clear that the car was pulling to the right. This was so bad that if I took my hands off the steering wheel the car would pull itself up over steep road cambers. I took the car back assuming that the fitters had somehow disturbed the tracking angles or something. Setting the car up on a laser jig showed that all was as it should be. A lot of tests and changes were made including changing wheels over etc. Finally the two front tyres were then taken off and turned round. The car now pulled to the left. Taking the tyres off and replacing them with new ones of the same type totally solved the problem. Neither I nor the chaps in the tyre shop could see any asymmetry or other fault in the pattern of the tread or the shape of the tyre. Asking around, a fellow VOC member who worked in the motor trade told me that this was not unknown. If you have a front or rear tyre which can be fitted the other way round then it might be worth while taking off the rear tyre first and fitting it so that it rotates in the opposite sense to the way it is rotating now and if that does not work then do the same with the front tyre. Good luck.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timetraveller, post: 21070, member: 456"] [FONT=Times New Roman]Ah, if only everyone in the world of Vincents were as thorough as that. If when all other checks have proven that there are no faults then the following might be of interest. Years ago I used to drive a Range Rover which steered perfectly. Just before Xmas one year I had new tyres fitted and as I drove out of the tyre fitting shop it became clear that the car was pulling to the right. This was so bad that if I took my hands off the steering wheel the car would pull itself up over steep road cambers. I took the car back assuming that the fitters had somehow disturbed the tracking angles or something. Setting the car up on a laser jig showed that all was as it should be. A lot of tests and changes were made including changing wheels over etc. Finally the two front tyres were then taken off and turned round. The car now pulled to the left. Taking the tyres off and replacing them with new ones of the same type totally solved the problem. Neither I nor the chaps in the tyre shop could see any asymmetry or other fault in the pattern of the tread or the shape of the tyre. Asking around, a fellow VOC member who worked in the motor trade told me that this was not unknown. If you have a front or rear tyre which can be fitted the other way round then it might be worth while taking off the rear tyre first and fitting it so that it rotates in the opposite sense to the way it is rotating now and if that does not work then do the same with the front tyre. Good luck.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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