[tcb] Re: Hankook RA08 185r14

  • From: David Schwarze <dschwarze@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:36:34 -0500

Woohoo!  Look what I got in the mail today:

http://motorheads.net/vw/adapter.jpg
Sure is purty, who wants to help me break it in? I will likely be working on the bus the next few evenings in prep for the classic. TCB'ers needing mount/balance services are welcome to stop by. Lonnie, Mike, Neil? I'm in Lucas, TX 75002. Be warned, I may ask you to help me bleed my brakes. Also, I'm running very low on new valve stems, so if you want those replaced please bring 'em with you. 

-David
 http://motorheads.net/vw/turbobus
 An equal-opportunity beer drinking enterprise

On 4/4/2011 11:09 PM, thingmon@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Count the lugs... Notice the diameter of the 5's is wider? Hence, wide 5. http://www.appletreeauto.com/search.php?mode=search&page=1 <http://www.appletreeauto.com/search.php?mode=search&page=1> Clear Lake NTB has a balancer adapter for wide 5's. Found this out after I bought tires at Discount and those yahoo's couldn't balance them... 

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*From:* kelly dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx>
*To:* tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Sent:* Mon, April 4, 2011 6:53:17 AM
*Subject:* [tcb] Re: Hankook RA08 185r14
Oh. I didn't know you needed a special adapter. What is a wide 5? Just a wider tire? I've been wondering if wider tires would give a bus more stability. Didn't you love the first time you ever took a sharp turn or off ramp in a bus? Wish I was wearing Depends that day. 

--- On *Sun, 4/3/11, Neil /<nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:


    From: Neil <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
    Subject: [tcb] Re: Hankook RA08 185r14
    To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Date: Sunday, April 3, 2011, 9:22 AM

    Some of the places I've had tires mounted, CAN mount, just not
    balance...seems strange, but I guess theres just not that much
    demand for balancin' wide 5's, so few have the adapter...some try
    anyway, with apparently poor results!


    --- On *Sat, 4/2/11, kelly dosch /<kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:


        From: kelly dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx>
        Subject: [tcb] Re: Hankook RA08 185r14
        To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Date: Saturday, April 2, 2011, 6:02 PM

          OK, seriously. Is everybody in TCB just wobbling around on
        unbalanced tires or what?
          Don't we have our tires balanced when they are mounted or
        did we all just space out that day?

        --- On *Fri, 4/1/11, Lonnie & Bonnie
        /<bergmanfamily@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:


            From: Lonnie & Bonnie <bergmanfamily@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
            Subject: [tcb] Re: Hankook RA08 185r14
            To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
            Date: Friday, April 1, 2011, 8:30 PM

            Are you sure you want to go "no charge for TCB'ers"? We
            could keep you busy for a week balancing tires. I have a
            set on my singe cab that need to be balanced, and I
            wouldn't mind paying to have it done.
            Lonnie

            
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            *From:* Mike Hayes <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
            *To:* tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
            *Sent:* Fri, April 1, 2011 5:46:52 PM
            *Subject:* [tcb] Re: Hankook RA08 185r14

            sure I can wait.

            On 4/1/2011 5:44 PM, Me wrote:

            No problem if you can wait till I come up with an adapter.
            No charge for tcb'ers.

            -David

            /Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless/

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