Tire Rotation

Would it be safe to assume that tire rotation pattern and frequency on a replica is the same as with a regular sedan?

sure, and keep an eye on wear patterns.

Thanks Bruce

I think they should rotate in the direction you're going. If your tires are rotating in a direction other than what you're going then I'd think you'd have a major problem.

Maybe the frequency would vary given the reduced weight of the speedster fiberglass body, but the pattern would be the same.

ricardo, i meant keep an eye out for "excessive wear patterns" out of the ordidary.

Good one, Brian.......

How's the weather up there? and thanks for the cold snap way down here this past week. Made me look forward to Spring for a change..........

Gordon
Chillin' out in Beaufort

Bruce I was referring to "rotation pattern" as mentioned by Fred. No misunderstandings there....Cheers.

I was told that you should never rotate the tires on swing-axle cars. The tires have finally worn into the pattern that they need. Refer to a VW repair manual. I for one probably agree since the rear tires will be worn differently than the front. Br careful!

Back 'in the day' - 1963 and earlier, maybe later too, I went off to the war then - customers would bring the VDubs in every 3k miles for service. That being check vehicle over, oil change, minor tune and rotate the tires. Bias ply tires, go figger. No wonder they had a reputation for reliability, they weren't outta the shop long enough to break anything.

44 below on Friday. Had to fire up a Herman Nelson with ducting under the Passat on Sat to get it started.

Brian

What the heck is a "Herman Nelson"??

Thanks for all of your comments.

Herman Nelson is a powerful heater used for lots of cool jobs. We used them in the army in really big tents for heat in the winter and in the motor pool for warmong the big quanset hut we used for a shop, also the D-7 on a cold morning. Herman Nelson is the name of the company that makes them.

Sorry...just always called them Herman Nelsons. This one's actually from Crappy Tire.

These things are really handy if you live in any place that's cold. The run on electricity and kerosene or deisel. Kerosene smells better than deisel but really these things should not be used indoors and they do need venilation.

They're great for working on your cars in the cold. My neighbour has an old parachute that he draps over his vehicle then he runs a duct from the heater under the chute. The duct has insulation so it won't burn the chute. And Bob's your Uncle! Great for quickly heating the garage, crawl space....any area you need heated. On sale here at Crappy Tire for $200 Cdn.

But they do throw a lot of heat! Used one in Rankin Inlet (on the shores of Hudson's Bay) back in the late 70's early 80's to heat an old Skidoo shack. Had it thawing out a frozen Skidoo but it caught the machine on fire and burnt the shack to the ground.

Brian

I know this is not in the right place but check out the pics of a trip we took to Rankin Inlet and Whale Cove in Christmas of 2002. Got snowed in at Rankin for 2 days and missed plane to Whale Cove, took sled to Whale (4 hours at minus 35-40), took Bombadier back..

Pretty bleak...and check out the price of a 2 litre Coke in Rankin. Whale Cove was more expensive!

Brian

My hats off to ya! Makes the piddley little snow we have a non-event. The back of that track vehicle looks sort of like a '47 plymouth my dad had.
ed

Wow thats is amazing. One day we are going to visit the north. That is a cool Bombardier. There are lots here as well but they are collecters items now. You certainly are the bravest speedster owner out there.

+3 C and rain today after a week of above freezing and sun. The snow is melting very early this year.

I don't know about the bravest...stupidest crosses my mind!

The north is a great place and its been good to me but the isolation gets to you. I always envy you guys talking about an hour to here, a weekend trip to there. There's DICK worth visiting within 1,000 miles of here! Weekend trips...I've taken a long weekend a couple of times and driven out of here to Edmonton (14-18 hours) but I'd never do it in a sports car. The first 100 kms is murder...literally. More folks have been killed on this so-called highway...

Someday I'm going to take pictures of the roads up here and you can see how brave anyone is driving any decent car up here. This morning my Passat bottomed out on a local road...there was a rock about the size of a football in the middle of the road in a residential area that I didn't see...

Brian

Brian

The San Francisco Bay Area is the greatest for everything I love it here. My family roots go back before the Gold Rush! But back to tire rotation has anyone real ever worn a set of tires?

Dick