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Re: And it was all going so well.....
« Reply #15 on: 21 June 2010, 14:19:00 »
Well bit of luck with Mrs VXL V6's tractor, when I did the wishbones I got both fronts replaced as I hate having odd tyres across an axle (the OSF was well worn on the edge). As the NSF wasn't too bad I kept it and have now had the tyre swapped onto the wheel, which just happened to be NSR, for £10 inc balancing  :)

To be honest it was nearly time for new rears anyway, just hope that I don't find any more when I look at the Elite  :-/
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Re: And it was all going so well.....
« Reply #16 on: 21 June 2010, 21:50:56 »
Thought I'd posted this morning.....  but it obviously didn't survive the DLK crash ..

Tyre has a large split on the inside shoulder, with a diagonal cut leading to it.. I'm guessing the cut was something picked up in the roadworks that caused the failure, the rest might well be "rim damage" as the car had to be moved on the very flat tyre.. at one point I thought it might come off, but it didn't. .... no screws /nails or anything suspicious at all.

Other side is definatley OK ... checked the pressure this morning ... 45 psi - which before you yell is the correct pressure for fully laden - I always inflate before towing and let them back down once home

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.reynolds983/Manuals/Omega2002Manual.pdf

page 225 ...   3.1 * 14.5 = 44.95

It must have been the camber of the drainage gully that made it look half flat

Tyres needed replacing anyway .... as a certain very knowlegeable moderator chap pointed out ..  :) 2 new Falken FK452 s being fitted tomorrow at £200 all in .. not having Avons again they've only lasted 9000 miles !!!

and it was all going so well ....   :)
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Re: And it was all going so well.....
« Reply #17 on: 21 June 2010, 21:53:22 »
9k off Avons :o. Thats double what I got
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Re: And it was all going so well.....
« Reply #18 on: 21 June 2010, 21:54:56 »
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Thought I'd posted this morning.....  but it obviously didn't survive the DLK crash ..

Tyre has a large split on the inside shoulder, with a diagonal cut leading to it.. I'm guessing the cut was something picked up in the roadworks that caused the failure, the rest might well be "rim damage" as the car had to be moved on the very flat tyre.. at one point I thought it might come off, but it didn't. .... no screws /nails or anything suspicious at all.

Other side is definatley OK ... checked the pressure this morning ... 45 psi - which before you yell is the correct pressure for fully laden - I always inflate before towing and let them back down once home

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.reynolds983/Manuals/Omega2002Manual.pdf

page 225 ...   3.1 * 14.5 = 44.95

Tyres needed replacing anyway .... as a certain very knowlegeable moderator chap pointed out ..  :) 2 new Falken FK452 s being fitted tomorrow at £200 all in .. not having Avons again they've only lasted 9000 miles !!!

and it was all going so well ....   :)

I've done 26k with the Falkins on the front, still got loads of life left in them. Rears done 20k, again loads of life!

I expect 35k-40k from this set  :)
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Re: And it was all going so well.....
« Reply #19 on: 21 June 2010, 21:57:14 »
Glad it's all well on the way to being sorted Entwood.  :y

Looking on the bright side at least your rear tyres were 'geting there' like the rears on the tractor, i'd have been mortified if it had been the new fronts or any of the ones on the Elite.
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Re: And it was all going so well.....
« Reply #20 on: 21 June 2010, 21:59:56 »
Forgot to put in one line from this mornings failed post ....

With hindsight - that wonderful thing - I'm actually rather pleased the failure happened where it did .... 5 minutes earlier and I would have been chuntering along the M5 at 60 quite happily with the van on the back .. and a blow out at that speed might have been a bit more of a drama than just getting to the side of the road and waiting for a recovery truck !!!

and it was all going so well ...   :)
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« Reply #21 on: 21 June 2010, 22:02:10 »
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Thought I'd posted this morning.....  but it obviously didn't survive the DLK crash ..

Tyre has a large split on the inside shoulder, with a diagonal cut leading to it.. I'm guessing the cut was something picked up in the roadworks that caused the failure, the rest might well be "rim damage" as the car had to be moved on the very flat tyre.. at one point I thought it might come off, but it didn't. .... no screws /nails or anything suspicious at all.

Other side is definatley OK ... checked the pressure this morning ... 45 psi - which before you yell is the correct pressure for fully laden - I always inflate before towing and let them back down once home

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.reynolds983/Manuals/Omega2002Manual.pdf

page 225 ...   3.1 * 14.5 = 44.95

Tyres needed replacing anyway .... as a certain very knowlegeable moderator chap pointed out ..  :) 2 new Falken FK452 s being fitted tomorrow at £200 all in .. not having Avons again they've only lasted 9000 miles !!!

and it was all going so well ....   :)

I've done 26k with the Falkins on the front, still got loads of life left in them. Rears done 20k, again loads of life!

I expect 35k-40k from this set  :)
Thats because you make Miss Daisy seem like Nigel Mansell ;)
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Re: And it was all going so well.....
« Reply #22 on: 21 June 2010, 22:03:32 »
Said the same thing to J as well, if we hadn't stopped at the Little Chef then it could have been a very different story on the Motorway....

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Re: And it was all going so well.....
« Reply #23 on: 21 June 2010, 22:05:38 »
Glad I didn't pick anything up, seeing as I may have been exceeding the rated speed of that pikey box on my roof ::)
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« Reply #24 on: 21 June 2010, 22:06:35 »
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Thought I'd posted this morning.....  but it obviously didn't survive the DLK crash ..

Tyre has a large split on the inside shoulder, with a diagonal cut leading to it.. I'm guessing the cut was something picked up in the roadworks that caused the failure, the rest might well be "rim damage" as the car had to be moved on the very flat tyre.. at one point I thought it might come off, but it didn't. .... no screws /nails or anything suspicious at all.

Other side is definatley OK ... checked the pressure this morning ... 45 psi - which before you yell is the correct pressure for fully laden - I always inflate before towing and let them back down once home

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.reynolds983/Manuals/Omega2002Manual.pdf

page 225 ...   3.1 * 14.5 = 44.95

Tyres needed replacing anyway .... as a certain very knowlegeable moderator chap pointed out ..  :) 2 new Falken FK452 s being fitted tomorrow at £200 all in .. not having Avons again they've only lasted 9000 miles !!!

and it was all going so well ....   :)

I've done 26k with the Falkins on the front, still got loads of life left in them. Rears done 20k, again loads of life!

I expect 35k-40k from this set  :)
Thats because you make Miss Daisy seem like Nigel Mansell ;)

It is only a 4pot.... although i do 80 every ware, country lanes, motorways, A roads  ::)
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Re: And it was all going so well.....
« Reply #25 on: 21 June 2010, 23:21:47 »
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It is only a 4pot.... although i do 80 every ware, country lanes, motorways, A roads  ::)

I challenge you to do 80 up birdlip hill. ;D

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« Reply #27 on: 22 June 2010, 00:07:15 »
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It is only a 4pot.... although i do 80 every ware, country lanes, motorways, A roads  ::)

I challenge you to do 80 up birdlip hill. ;D

Kevin

Looks like nice bit of road:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&q=birdlip+hill&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Birdlip+Hill,+Witcombe,+Gloucester+GL3,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&ei=1OYfTKa_CILu0gT1mui1DQ&ved=0CBwQ8gEwAA&ll=51.832807,-2.119374&spn=0.020553,0.047336&z=15&layer=c&cbll=51.831928,-2.112546&panoid=WbsRI3-9-ich87GofxdOLA&cbp=12,294.03,,0,6.06

I'll take on your challenge  :D

Would like to see the viseo evidence of you doing that in a 4 pot miggy.   :y
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« Reply #28 on: 22 June 2010, 07:54:16 »
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It is only a 4pot.... although i do 80 every ware, country lanes, motorways, A roads  ::)

I challenge you to do 80 up birdlip hill. ;D

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« Reply #29 on: 22 June 2010, 09:24:55 »
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It is only a 4pot.... although i do 80 every ware, country lanes, motorways, A roads  ::)

I challenge you to do 80 up birdlip hill. ;D

Kevin

110 on a bike

A Westfield is similarly unaffected by gradients. ::) Different matter for 1700kg of metal with 2/3rds of an engine, I suspect. ;)

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