Slick is out and running again! But Wobble...

65guy · Post by **65guy** » April 28, 2010, 7:10 pm

Got the 65 down off it's storage stands and on the road. First time starting/driving it since summer of '08. It cranked for about 30 seconds then roared to life.

Seems to be running good but has a more pronounced wobble in the front once you hit about 60 or so than I remember. Can be felt in the steering wheel and I can see the hood moving around as well. Enough to make me a little nervous.

Would that most likely be a tire balance issue?

Gary Seymour · Post by **Gary Seymour** » April 28, 2010, 7:17 pm

Was it stored with the truck's weight on the tires, or were the tires hanging? I would suspect tires first. Nothing else should go wrong from being in storage.

Rotate them and see if there is any difference.

65guy · Post by **65guy** » April 28, 2010, 7:45 pm

It was on tires (which where on dollies).

I was wondering if maybe a wheel weight got knocked off or something.

Tech · Post by **Tech** » April 28, 2010, 8:03 pm

Make sure that the tire pressure is at the max rated pressure and take them out on a long drive so that they heat up and learn to be round again. We have an old van at work with bias ply tires. It will almost hop off the road for the first mile after sitting for too long.
Tech

Tech · Post by **Tech** » April 28, 2010, 11:47 pm

If your worried about tire age here is a link to reading the DOT date code.
http://www.ehow.com/how_4778981_read-ti ... stamp.html
Tech

65guy · Post by **65guy** » April 29, 2010, 7:51 am

it has radial tires with only about 1000 miles on them.

64 f100 · Post by **64 f100** » April 29, 2010, 8:07 am

I agree take the truck for a long drive on hot roads. Take it easy at first and don't run it at pronounce wobble speeds. This may damage already worn tie rods and other parts. I wil however shake out a lot of rust on the front end running at the wobble speed, but I wouldn't do it .
At one time my father bought a set of Rayon tires. When you parked the car, the tires would take a set in a matte of hours. Every time we got in to drive the car, the tires had to warm up before the tires would become drivable. Dad finally got rid of the tires. He called the tires square tires. It wasn't long untill ;you didn't hear of Rayon tires. Just one small piece of history, most people most likely don't know about, and probably don't care. I'm thinking this was in the very late 50's. The tires would wear well but with that trait, who cared, unless these were on a farm truck. On a car, these would last forever, but by the time they wore out you had been wishing they would die. Very annoying.

Rich

65guy · Post by **65guy** » April 29, 2010, 8:13 am

I'll take it out longer this weekend, but I did already drive around for about 20 minutes or so with no change. The front end hardware and bushings SHOULD be all good. Did a break swap a few years ago and all bushing where changed out. I'm guessing less that 600 miles on all of it.

blackagatha · Post by **blackagatha** » May 2, 2010, 1:11 am

weird about the rayon tires.

totally off topic, but tiny bit related, I saw an article a while back that said most of the ECO FRIENDLY super soft BAMBOO fiber sheets and schit are actually some sort of synthetic rayon that is made from the oils in the bamboo....

so it is a total Farce....

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » May 2, 2010, 2:22 am

blackagatha wrote:weird about the rayon tires.

totally off topic, but tiny bit related, I saw an article a while back that said most of the ECO FRIENDLY super soft BAMBOO fiber sheets and schit are actually some sort of synthetic rayon that is made from the oils in the bamboo....

so it is a total Farce....

, Where did the oil come from?

Give yourself an upper cut!

Gritsngumbo · Post by **Gritsngumbo** » May 4, 2010, 9:10 pm

Check all your lug nuts for tightness. Just a thought. I thought I had either a bad wheel bearing or a bad pinion bearing causing a vibration through the drive line. Turned out to be loose lugs on the driver's side front. I'm sure I tightened those with an impact wrench, but it had been sitting for a while.